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The definitive text of this American classic—reissued with an introduction by Edward Albee (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Delicate Balance) and Williams' essay "Person-to-Person." Cat on a Hot Tin Roof first heated up Broadway in 1955 with its gothic American story of brothers vying for thei... Read More about Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

A bitter marriage unravels in Edward Albee's darkly humorous play—winner of the Tony Award for Best Play.“Twelve times a week,” answered actress Uta Hagen when asked how often she’d like to play Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In the same way, audiences and critics alike could not get enou... Read More about Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: Revised by the Author

For the first time in one volume, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award–winning playwright Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo collects Homelife and The Zoo Story.  “An essential and heartening experience . . . If Homelife is an openhanded slap, The Zoo Story is a gut punch with a closed fist. Edward Alb... Read More about At Home at the Zoo: Homelife and the Zoo Story

George, a disillusioned academic, and Martha, his caustic wife, have just come home from a faculty party. When a handsome young professor and his mousy wife stop by for a nightcap, an innocent night of fun and games quickly turns dark and dangerous. Long-buried resentment and rage are unleashed as G... Read More about Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: A Play

The Collected Plays of Edward Albee, Volume 1 includes eight plays from 1958–1965 by “a major American playwright who helped change the shape of drama here and abroad” (New York Times).   Edward Albee’s plays featured here range from the four brilliant one-act plays with which he exploded on th... Read More about The Collected Plays of Edward Albee, Volume 1: 1958-1965

Edward Albee’s play A Delicate Balance won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.   The play revolves around wealthy middle-aged couple Agnes and Tobias, who have their complacency shattered when their longtime friends Harry and Edna appear at their doorstep. Claiming an encroaching, nameless “fear” has... Read More about A Delicate Balance: Broadway Edition