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Now in his seventies, he is still writing challenging, award-winning dramas. This collection of new essays on Albee, which includes contributions from the leading commentators on Albee’s work, brings fresh critical insights to bear by exploring the full scope of the playwright’s career, from his 1959 breakthrough with The Zoo Story to his most recent Broadway success, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? (2002) . The contributors include scholars of both theatre and English literature, and the essays thus consider the plays both as literary texts and as performed drama. The collection considers a number of Albee’s lesser-known and neglected works, provides a comprehensive introduction and overview, and includes an exclusive, original interview with Mr. Albee, on topics spanning his whole career.  \n© Cambridge University Press [www.cambridge.org](www.cambridge.org)  \nCambridge University Press  \n0521834554 -The Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee Edited by Stephen Bottoms  \nFrontmatter  \nMore information  \nTHE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO  \nEDWARD ALBEE  \nEDITED BY  \nSTEPHEN BOTTOMS  \n© Cambridge University Press [www.cambridge.org](www.cambridge.org)  \nCambridge University Press  \n0521834554 -The Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee Edited by Stephen Bottoms  \nFrontmatter  \nMore information  \ncambridge university press  \nCambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, So Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge cb2 2ru, UK  \nPublished in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York  \n[www.cambridge.org](www.cambridge.org)  \nInformation on this [title: www.cambridge.org/9780521834551](title: www.cambridge.org/9780521834551)  \n Cambridge University Press 2005  \nThis book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press.  \nFirst published 2005  \nPrinted in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library  \nisbn-13 978-0-521-83455-1 hardback  \nisbn-10 0-521-83455-4 hardback  \nisbn-13 978-0-521-54233-3 paperback  \nisbn-10 0-521-54233-2 paperback  \nCambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this book, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate.  \n© Cambridge University Press [www.cambridge.org](www.cambridge.org)  \nCambridge University Press  \n0521834554 -The Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee Edited by Stephen Bottoms  \nFrontmatter  \nMore information  \nAll my plays are about people missing the boat, closing down too young, coming to the end of their lives with regret at things not done, as opposed to things done. I find that most people spend too much time living as if they’re never going to die. They skid through their lives. Sleep through them sometimes. Anyway, there are only two things to write about – life and death.  \nEdward Albee, interviewed in 1991  \nDon’t forget the laughs and slapstick so essential to the success of any of my plays.  \nAlbee to the cast of A Delicate Balance, 1967  \n© Cambridge University Press [www.cambridge.org](www.cambridge.org)  \nCambridge University Press  \n0521834554 -The Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee Edited by Stephen Bottoms  \nFrontmatter  \nMore information  \nCONTENTS  \nList of illustrations page ix  \nNotes on contributors xi  \nAcknowledgments xv  \nNotes on the text xvi  \nChronology xvii  \n1 Introduction:","cbCaiaEEeZLyNNz9","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaEEeZLyNNz9","pdf",1747439,278,"English","# Contents\n## List of illustrations\n## Notes on contributors\n## Acknowledgments\n## Notes on the text\n## Chronology\n## Introduction: The man who had three lives\n## Albee’s early one-act plays\n## Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?\n## Marriage, diminution, and sex in Tiny Alice, A Delicate Balance, and Finding the Sun\n## Albee’s 31/2: The Pulitzer plays\n## Albee’s threnodies\n## Minding the play\n## Albee’s monster children\n## Albee since the eighties\n## Albee stages Marriage Play\n## Playing the cloud circuit\n## Albee’s The Goat\n## Words; words . . . They’re such a pleasure.\n## Borrowed time: An interview with Edward Albee\n## Notes on further reading\n## Select bibliography\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of The Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee?\",\"answer\":\"It provides new essays that explore the full scope of Albee’s career, offering critical insights and a comprehensive introduction and overview of his work.\"},{\"question\":\"How do the essays treat Albee’s plays?\",\"answer\":\"The essays consider the plays both as literary texts and as performed drama, drawing on scholarship from theatre and English literature.\"},{\"question\":\"What additional materials does the volume include besides essays?\",\"answer\":\"It includes an exclusive, original interview with Edward Albee and supplementary sections such as notes on contributors, chronology, and references for further reading.\"}]","The Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee - Edited by Stephen Bottoms | PDF",1789986113,428]