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Albee

American  
[awl-bee] / ˈɔl bi /

noun

  1. Edward, 1928–2016, U.S. playwright.


Albee British  
/ ˈɔːlbiː /

noun

  1. Edward. born 1928, US dramatist. His plays include Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), Seascape (1975), Marriage Play (1986), Three Tall Women (1990), and Goat (2004)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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As Edward Albee put it, “what Shepard’s plays are about is a great deal less interesting than how they are about it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

That also describes “Sean Scully: The Albee Barn, Montauk,” at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, N.Y., an account of the effect of the artist’s 1982 residency at the Albee Foundation, on Long Island.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

In the early ’60s, Shepard escaped to New York and with lightning speed infiltrated off-Broadway, inspired by Samuel Beckett, Edward Albee and a host of experimental playwrights.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025

In a phone interview, Gefter noted that Menken had suggested that she and Maas, whom Albee knew socially and professionally, were inspirations for the play’s George and Martha.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2024

They could hold forth on Edward Albee and Adam Rapp.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

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