The Collected Plays Of Edward Albee: Volume 1 1958 - 1965

作者 Edward著The Overlook Press著
出版社 Overlook Hardcover
出版时间 2004年5月
ISBN 9781585675296
定价 332.70

内容简介

Three-timePulitzerPrize-winnerandrecipientofthreeTonyAwards,EdwardAlbeewasawardedtheGoldMedalinDramafromtheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLettersin1980,andin1996hereceivedboththeKennedyCenterHonorsandtheNationalMedalofArts.BenBrantleyofTheNewYorkTimeshasdescribedhimas“oneofthefewgenuinelygreatlivingAmericanwriters.”Now,TheOverlookPressisproudtoannouncepublicationofthefirstvolumeofathree-volumecollectionofallofthismaster'splays,someofwhichhavebeenoutofprintforyears.VolumeIcontainstheeightplayswrittenbyAlbeeduringhisfirstdecadeasaplaywright,from1958through1965.Theserangefromthefourbrilliantone-actplayswithwhichheexplodedontheNewYorktheaterscenein1958-59(TheZooStory,TheDeathofBessieSmith,TheSandbox,andTheAmericanDream)tohisearlymasterpiece,Who'sAfraidofVirginiaWoolf?(1961-62).TheyalsoincludetwoadaptationsfromnotableAmericannovels(TheBalladoftheSadCaféandMalcolm)andAlbee'smysteriouslyfascinatingTinyAlice.ThevolumeincludesanewintroductionbyMr.Albee.

作者简介

EdwardAlbee,theAmericandramatist,wasbornin1928.HehaswrittenanddirectedsomeofthebestplaysincontemporaryAmericantheatreandthreeofhisplays:ADelicateBalance,SeascapeandThreeTallWomenhavereceivedPulitzerPrizes.Hismostfamousplay,Who'sAfraidofVirginiaWoolf?wontheNewYorkDramaCriticsCircleAwardforBestPlay.HisotherplaysincludeTheZooStory,TheDeathofBessieSmith,TheSandbox,TheAmericanDream,TinyAlice,AllOver,Listening,TheLadyfromDubuque,TheManWhoHadThreeArms,FindingtheSun,Fragments,MarriagePlayandTheLorcaPlay.

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