Gender
Male
Born
Mar 12, 1928
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Died
Sep 16, 2016
Montauk, New York, USA
Director Producer Writer
Also Known As
Edward Franklin Albee
Edward Harvey [Birthname]
Relations
Grandson of
Edward Franklin Albee
See Also
Comments
Biography: Edward Albee was born on March 12, 1928 in Virginia. His adoptive father was Reed Albee, an heir to the Keith-Albee chain of vaudeville theaters. He wrote short stories and poems before writing "The Zoo Story." His longtime partner was sculptor Jonathan Thomas.

Other Awards: Pulitzer Prize for drama for "A Delicate Balance" in 1967. Pulitzer Prize for drama for "Seascape" in 1975. Pulitzer Prize for drama for "Three Tall Women" in 1994. Inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1985. Received the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award as a Master American Dramatist in 1999. Received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1996. Received the National Medal of Arts in 1996.

Trivia:
He wrote "The Zoo Story" in two and a half weeks.
A jury awarded his play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" the Pulitzer Prize for drama, but the advisory board rejected the recommendation.
  • CREDITS
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Never Officially Opened - Mar 11, 2020)
    Play, Revival
    • Written by Edward Albee
    Three Tall Women (Mar 29, 2018 - Jun 24, 2018)
    Play, Original
    • Written by Edward Albee
    A Delicate Balance (Nov 20, 2014 - Feb 22, 2015)
    Play, Revival
    • Written by Edward Albee
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Oct 13, 2012 - Mar 03, 2013)
    Play, Revival
    • Written by Edward Albee
    Seascape (Nov 21, 2005 - Jan 08, 2006)
    Play, Revival
    • Written by Edward Albee
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Mar 20, 2005 - Sep 04, 2005)
    Play, Revival
    • Written by Edward Albee
    The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? (Mar 10, 2002 - Dec 15, 2002)
    Play, Original
    • Written by Edward Albee
    A Delicate Balance (Apr 21, 1996 - Sep 29, 1996)
    Play, Revival
    • Written by Edward Albee
    The Man Who Had Three Arms (Apr 05, 1983 - Apr 17, 1983)
    Play, Original
    • Directed by Edward Albee
    • Written by Edward Albee
    Lolita (Mar 19, 1981 - Mar 28, 1981)
    Play, Original
    • Written by Edward Albee
    The Lady from Dubuque (Jan 31, 1980 - Feb 09, 1980)
    Play, Original
    • Written by Edward Albee
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Apr 01, 1976 - Jul 11, 1976)
    Play, Revival
    • Directed by Edward Albee
    • Written by Edward Albee
    Seascape (Jan 26, 1975 - Mar 22, 1975)
    Play, Original
    • Directed by Edward Albee
    • Written by Edward Albee
    All Over (Mar 28, 1971 - May 01, 1971)
    Play, Original
    • Produced by Theater 1971 (Edward Albee, Richard Barr, Clinton Wilder)
    • Written by Edward Albee
    Watercolor & Criss-Crossing (Jan 21, 1970 - Jan 24, 1970)
    Watercolor
    Play, Original
    • Originally produced by Edward Albee
    Criss-Crossing
    Play, Original
    • Originally produced by Edward Albee
    Tiny Alice (Sep 29, 1969 - Oct 25, 1969)
    Play, Revival
    • Written by Edward Albee
    The Front Page (May 10, 1969 - Jul 05, 1969)
    Play, Revival
    • Produced by Theater 1969 (Edward Albee, Richard Barr, Charles Woodward)
    Happy Days (Oct 12, 1968 - Oct 26, 1968)
    Play, Original
    • Produced by Theater 1969
    Krapp's Last Tape / The Zoo Story (Oct 09, 1968 - Oct 26, 1968)
    The Zoo Story
    Play, Original
    • Produced by Theater 1969
    • Written by Edward Albee
    Krapp's Last Tape
    Play, Original
    • Produced by Theater 1969
    The Death of Bessie Smith / The American Dream (Oct 02, 1968 - Oct 26, 1968)
    The Death of Bessie Smith
    Play, Original
    • Produced by Theater 1969
    • Written by Edward Albee
    The American Dream
    Play, Original
    • Directed by Edward Albee
    • Produced by Theater 1969
    • Written by Edward Albee
    Box / Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung (Sep 30, 1968 - Oct 26, 1968)
    Box
    Play, Original
    • Produced by Theater 1969
    • Written by Edward Albee
    Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung
    Play, Original
    • Produced by Theater 1969
    • Written by Edward Albee
    Everything in the Garden (Nov 29, 1967 - Feb 10, 1968)
    Play, Original
    • Written by Edward Albee
    A Delicate Balance (Sep 22, 1966 - Jan 14, 1967)
    Play, Original
    • Written by Edward Albee
    Malcolm (Jan 11, 1966 - Jan 15, 1966)
    Play, Original
    • Written by Edward Albee
    Tiny Alice (Dec 29, 1964 - May 22, 1965)
    Play, Original
    • Written by Edward Albee
    The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Oct 30, 1963 - Feb 15, 1964)
    Play, Original
    • Written by Edward Albee
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Oct 13, 1962 - May 16, 1964)
    Play, Original
    • Written by Edward Albee
    Breakfast at Tiffany's (Never Officially Opened - )
    Musical, Original
    • Book adapted by Edward Albee
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Jan 04, 2007 - May 20, 2007)
    Play, Revival
    • Written by Edward Albee
    Three Tall Women (Oct 24, 1995 - May 25, 1996)
    Play, Original
    • Written by Edward Albee
  • AWARDS

    Tony Award®

    Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement

    2005 | Recipient
    Edward Albee

    Best Play

    2002 | Winner  | The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
    Written by Edward Albee
     

    Best Play

    1975 | Nominee  | Seascape
    Written by Edward Albee
     

    Best Play

    1967 | Nominee  | A Delicate Balance
    Written by Edward Albee
     

    Best Author (Play)

    1965 | Nominee  | Tiny Alice
    Written by Edward Albee
     

    Best Play

    1965 | Nominee  | Tiny Alice
    Written by Edward Albee
     

    Best Play

    1964 | Nominee  | The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
    Written by Edward Albee

    Best Play

    1963 | Winner  | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
    Written by Edward Albee

    Pulitzer Prize

     

    for Drama

    2003 | Nominee  | The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
    Written by Edward Albee
     

    for Drama

    2001 | Nominee
    Edward Albee (for "The Play About the Baby")

    for Drama

    1994 | Winner
    Edward Albee (for "Three Tall Women")

    for Drama

    1975 | Winner  | Seascape
    Written by Edward Albee

    for Drama

    1967 | Winner  | A Delicate Balance
    Written by Edward Albee

    Drama Desk Award

    Special Award

    2008 | Recipient
    Edward Albee ("whose provocative plays, including this season's Peter and Jerry, enrich the American theater.")

    Outstanding New Play

    2002 | Winner  | The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
    Written by Edward Albee
     

    Outstanding Play

    1994 | Nominee
    Edward Albee (for "Three Tall Women")
     

    Outstanding Director of a Play

    1976 | Nominee  | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
    Directed by Edward Albee
     

    Outstanding New Play (American)

    1975 | Nominee  | Seascape
    Written by Edward Albee

    Vernon Rice Award

    1960 | Winner
    Edward Albee (Author, "The Zoo Story")
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Never Officially Opened - Mar 11, 2020)
Play, Revival
  • Written by Edward Albee
Three Tall Women (Mar 29, 2018 - Jun 24, 2018)
Play, Original
  • Written by Edward Albee
A Delicate Balance (Nov 20, 2014 - Feb 22, 2015)
Play, Revival
  • Written by Edward Albee
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Oct 13, 2012 - Mar 03, 2013)
Play, Revival
  • Written by Edward Albee
Seascape (Nov 21, 2005 - Jan 08, 2006)
Play, Revival
  • Written by Edward Albee
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Mar 20, 2005 - Sep 04, 2005)
Play, Revival
  • Written by Edward Albee
The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? (Mar 10, 2002 - Dec 15, 2002)
Play, Original
  • Written by Edward Albee
A Delicate Balance (Apr 21, 1996 - Sep 29, 1996)
Play, Revival
  • Written by Edward Albee
The Man Who Had Three Arms (Apr 05, 1983 - Apr 17, 1983)
Play, Original
  • Directed by Edward Albee
  • Written by Edward Albee
Lolita (Mar 19, 1981 - Mar 28, 1981)
Play, Original
  • Written by Edward Albee
The Lady from Dubuque (Jan 31, 1980 - Feb 09, 1980)
Play, Original
  • Written by Edward Albee
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Apr 01, 1976 - Jul 11, 1976)
Play, Revival
  • Directed by Edward Albee
  • Written by Edward Albee
Seascape (Jan 26, 1975 - Mar 22, 1975)
Play, Original
  • Directed by Edward Albee
  • Written by Edward Albee
All Over (Mar 28, 1971 - May 01, 1971)
Play, Original
  • Produced by Theater 1971 (Edward Albee, Richard Barr, Clinton Wilder)
  • Written by Edward Albee
Watercolor & Criss-Crossing (Jan 21, 1970 - Jan 24, 1970)
Watercolor
Play, Original
  • Originally produced by Edward Albee
Criss-Crossing
Play, Original
  • Originally produced by Edward Albee
Tiny Alice (Sep 29, 1969 - Oct 25, 1969)
Play, Revival
  • Written by Edward Albee
The Front Page (May 10, 1969 - Jul 05, 1969)
Play, Revival
  • Produced by Theater 1969 (Edward Albee, Richard Barr, Charles Woodward)
Happy Days (Oct 12, 1968 - Oct 26, 1968)
Play, Original
  • Produced by Theater 1969
Krapp's Last Tape / The Zoo Story (Oct 09, 1968 - Oct 26, 1968)
The Zoo Story
Play, Original
  • Produced by Theater 1969
  • Written by Edward Albee
Krapp's Last Tape
Play, Original
  • Produced by Theater 1969
The Death of Bessie Smith / The American Dream (Oct 02, 1968 - Oct 26, 1968)
The Death of Bessie Smith
Play, Original
  • Produced by Theater 1969
  • Written by Edward Albee
The American Dream
Play, Original
  • Directed by Edward Albee
  • Produced by Theater 1969
  • Written by Edward Albee
Box / Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung (Sep 30, 1968 - Oct 26, 1968)
Box
Play, Original
  • Produced by Theater 1969
  • Written by Edward Albee
Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung
Play, Original
  • Produced by Theater 1969
  • Written by Edward Albee
Everything in the Garden (Nov 29, 1967 - Feb 10, 1968)
Play, Original
  • Written by Edward Albee
A Delicate Balance (Sep 22, 1966 - Jan 14, 1967)
Play, Original
  • Written by Edward Albee
Malcolm (Jan 11, 1966 - Jan 15, 1966)
Play, Original
  • Written by Edward Albee
Tiny Alice (Dec 29, 1964 - May 22, 1965)
Play, Original
  • Written by Edward Albee
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Oct 30, 1963 - Feb 15, 1964)
Play, Original
  • Written by Edward Albee
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Oct 13, 1962 - May 16, 1964)
Play, Original
  • Written by Edward Albee
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Never Officially Opened - )
Musical, Original
  • Book adapted by Edward Albee
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Jan 04, 2007 - May 20, 2007)
Play, Revival
  • Written by Edward Albee
Three Tall Women (Oct 24, 1995 - May 25, 1996)
Play, Original
  • Written by Edward Albee

Tony Award®

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement

2005 | Recipient
Edward Albee

Best Play

2002 | Winner  | The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
Written by Edward Albee
 

Best Play

1975 | Nominee  | Seascape
Written by Edward Albee
 

Best Play

1967 | Nominee  | A Delicate Balance
Written by Edward Albee
 

Best Author (Play)

1965 | Nominee  | Tiny Alice
Written by Edward Albee
 

Best Play

1965 | Nominee  | Tiny Alice
Written by Edward Albee
 

Best Play

1964 | Nominee  | The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Written by Edward Albee

Best Play

1963 | Winner  | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Written by Edward Albee

Pulitzer Prize

 

for Drama

2003 | Nominee  | The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
Written by Edward Albee
 

for Drama

2001 | Nominee
Edward Albee (for "The Play About the Baby")

for Drama

1994 | Winner
Edward Albee (for "Three Tall Women")

for Drama

1975 | Winner  | Seascape
Written by Edward Albee

for Drama

1967 | Winner  | A Delicate Balance
Written by Edward Albee

Drama Desk Award

Special Award

2008 | Recipient
Edward Albee ("whose provocative plays, including this season's Peter and Jerry, enrich the American theater.")

Outstanding New Play

2002 | Winner  | The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
Written by Edward Albee
 

Outstanding Play

1994 | Nominee
Edward Albee (for "Three Tall Women")
 

Outstanding Director of a Play

1976 | Nominee  | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Directed by Edward Albee
 

Outstanding New Play (American)

1975 | Nominee  | Seascape
Written by Edward Albee

Vernon Rice Award

1960 | Winner
Edward Albee (Author, "The Zoo Story")

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