Edward Albee fue un aclamado dramaturgo estadounidense, conocido por sus examen es meticulosamente elaborados y a menudo implacables de la condición moderna. Sus primeras obras adaptaron magistralmente el Teatro del Absurdo a un contexto estadounidense, influyendo profundamente en el teatro de posguerra. La audaz mezcla de teatralidad y diálogos agudos de Albee es reconocida por reinventar el drama estadounidense a principios de la década de 1960. A lo largo de su carrera, se dedicó a evolucionar su distintiva voz, explorando la escena estadounidense y criticando la sustitución de valores artificiales por genuinos.
El centro explícito de ¿Quién teme a Virginia Woolf? es la relación entre las ilusiones privadas, íntimas, de los individuos, mentiras que mediatizan nuestra existencia en el mundo, y la propia realidad, incontrolable, difícil, que apenas ofrece resquicio a la esperanza.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward Albee is one of our most important American playwrights. And nowhere is his dramatic genius more apparent than in two of his probing early works, The American Dream and The Zoo Story.The New Yorker hailed The American Dream as "unique ... brilliant ... a comic nightmare, fantasy of the highest order." The story of one of America's most dysfunctoinal families, it is a ferocious, uproarious attack on the substitution of artificial values for real values-a startling tale of murder and morality that rocks middle-class ethics to its complacent foundations.The Zoo Story is a harrowing depiction of a young man alienated from the human race-a searing story of loneliness and the desperate need for recognition that builds to a violent, shattering climax. Together, these plays show men and women at their most hilarious, heartbreaking, and above all, human-and demonstrate why Edward Albee continues to be one of our greatest living dramatists.
The intense dynamics between George and Martha unfold during a seemingly casual visit from a young couple, revealing deep-seated resentments and emotional turmoil. As the night progresses, their sharp exchanges expose not only their own secrets but also those of their guests, transforming a social gathering into a battleground of psychological manipulation. This exploration of marriage, truth, and illusion is regarded as a masterful and provocative theatrical experience that captivates with its raw emotional depth.
"Albee's perversely funny sendup of a standard mid-life crisis drama ... dares to suggest that even the most flawed and confused human beings deserve compassionate understanding, and the failure to proffer it is a species of bestiality far more abhorrent than the sexual kind." Variety On his 50th birthday, Martin, a world-famous architect prepares for a recorded interview by an old friend in the TV business; but in the course of the conversation a secret emerges that threatens to turn celebration to tragedy. Edward Albee's black comedy offers a fascinating look at the limits liberal society can be pushed to, and asks the audience to question their beliefs, to examine their own bigoted views and reconsider their judgement of matters that may or may not be considered socially taboo. Winner of the 2002 Tony Award for Best Play, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? is a hugely enjoyable parable that plumbs the deepest questions of social constraints on the individual expression of love. This Modern Classics edition features a new introduction by Toby Zinman.
Edward Albee: The American DreamJack Richardson: Gallows HumourMurray Schisgal: The TypistsArthur Miller: Incident at Vichy
also includes "Fam and Yam: An Imaginary Interview".
Beneath the complacent surface of American life, Albee seeks out the hidden sources of our violence. Publisher
