Edward Albee : a singular journey : a biography / Mel Gussow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gussow, Mel.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Albee, Edward, 1928-2016.

Albee, Edward.

Dramatists, American--20th century--Biography.

Dramatists, American.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Klosee, Carole Lee (inscription) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Gussow, Mel (autograph) (inscription) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

448 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster, [1999]

Summary:

"In 1960, Edward Albee electrified the theater world with the American premiere of The Zoo Story, and followed it two years later with his extraordinary first Broadway play, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Proclaimed as the playwright of his generation, he went on to win three Pulitzer Prizes for his searing and innovative plays. Mel Gussow, author, critic, and cultural writer for The New York Times, has known Albee and followed his career since its inception, and in this biography he creates a firsthand portrait of a complex genius." "With frankness and critical acumen, and drawing on extensive conversations with the playwright, Gussow offers fresh insights into Albee's life. At the same time he provides vivid portraits of Albee's relationships with the people who have been closest to him, including William Flanagan (his first mentor), Thornton Wilder, Richard Barr, John Steinbeck, Alan Schneider, John Gielgud, and his leading ladies, Uta Hagen, Colleen Dewhurst, Irene Worth, Myra Carter, Elaine Stritch, Marian Seldes, and Maggie Smith. And then there are, most famously, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, who starred in Mike Nichols's acclaimed film version of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The book places Albee in context as a playwright who inspired writer's as diverse as John Guare and Sam Shepard, and as a teacher and champion of human rights."--Jacket.

Contents:

Eddie

Santayanian Finesse

Albee's Village Decade

Die Zoo-Geschichte

YAM

Mommy and Daddy

Blood under the Bridge

FAM

"Our" Ballad

and Travels with Steinbeck

The Play That Dare Not Speak Its Name

Taylor! Burton! Lehman!

Balancing Act

Flanagan

Death and Life

Into the Woods

The Lady, Lolita, and The Man Who

Frankie

A Tall Woman

A New Balance

A New Baby

Lost and Found.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [411]-433) and index.

Theatre Library Association George Freedley Memorial Award, 2000.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy inscribed "For Carol Lee Klose Mel Gussow" on title page.

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has tickets to Beckett/Albee laid in at front.

Other Format:

Online version: Gussow, Mel. Edward Albee.

ISBN:

0684802783

9780684802787

OCLC:

41143010