Albee, Edward 1928- .
US playwright. His internationally performed
plays are associated with the Theatre of the
Absurd and include The Zoo Story 1960, The
American Dream 1961, Who's Afraid of Virginia
Woolf? 1962 (his most successful play, it was
filmed with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard
Burton as the quarrelling, alcoholic,
academic couple in 1966), and Tiny Alice
1965. A Delicate Balance 1966 and Seascape
1975 won Pulitzer prizes.