From the 'angry young man' who wrote Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf in 1962, determined to expose the emptiness of American experience to Tiny Alice which reveals his indebtedness to Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco's Theatre of the Absurd, Edward Albee's varied work makes it difficult to label him precisely. Bruce Mann and his contributors approach Albee as an innovator in theatrical form, filling a critical gap in theatrical scholarship.
This is the first collection of scholarly essays on Albee's work in over a decade. It comprises new studies of well-known plays, discussions of lesser-known dramas, an interview with the playwright, a chronology and a bibliography. Mann and his contributors approach Albee as an innovator in theatrical form, filling a critical gap in theatrical scholarship. Special attention goes to Three Tall Women, an autobiographical play, which illuminates Albee's achievement in contemporary American drama and the process of theatrical collaboration.