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(1928-2016) Playwright. Edward Albee was born in Virginia, and died in Montauk, New York.

Full Name

Edward Albee

Locations

Westchester

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

As an infant, Mr. Albee was formally adopted by Reed Albee and his wife, Frances, who lived in Larchmont, New York.

Unknown

OTHER

Mr. Albee attended, for a time, the Rye Country Day School.

1928

BIRTH

Edward Albee was born in Virginia on March 12, 1928.

1949

RESIDENCE

Mr. Albee moved to Greenwich Village in Manhattan, New York, in 1949.

1959

LITWORK

The Zoo Story


One-act play.

1960

LITWORK

The Sandbox


One-act play.

1962

LITWORK

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?


Play which premiered in the Billy Rose Theatre in 1962. It won a Tony Award for best play in 1963.

1964

LITWORK

Tiny Alice


Three-act play which premiered on Broadway at the Billy Rose Theatre in 1964. It was nominated for the Tony Award for best play in 1965.

1966

LITWORK

A Delicate Balance


Play which premiered at the Martin Beck Theatre on September 22, 1966 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1967.

1971

LITWORK

All Over


Play which premiered on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre on March 28, 1971.

1975

LITWORK

Seascape


Play which opened on Broadway at the Sam S. Shubert Theatre on January 26, 1975. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1975.

1991

LITWORK

Three Tall Women


Play which won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It premiered at Vienna's English Theatre in Vienna, Austria, on June 14, 1991.

1998

LITWORK

The Play About the Baby


Play which premiered in London in September 1998 at the Almeida Theatre Company in Malvern, Worcestershire.

2002

LITWORK

The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?


Full-length play which premiered on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre on March 10, 2002. It won the Tony Award for best play in 2002.

2016

DEATH

Edward Albee died at his home in Montauk, New York, on September 16, 2016.

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