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Edward Albee

Edward Albee was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright known for his play “Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf?.” In 1973, an altered version of the play opened in MontrĂ©al in which the lead characters were gay. It was stopped by Albee after the first show. Albee was also the recipient of Kennedy Honors, the National Medal of the Arts, and a Tony Lifetime Achievement Award.

Names Edward Albee (Main)

BE [“Edward Albee Biography,” Biography, 2 April 2014, https://www.biography.com/people/edward-albee-9178576]

Edward Franklin Albee (altName)
1928/03/30

BCE [“Edward Albee Biography,” Biography, 2 April 2014, https://www.biography.com/people/edward-albee-9178576]

Edward Harvey (altName)
1928/03/12 - 1928/03/30

BCDE [“Edward Albee Biography,” Biography, 2 April 2014, https://www.biography.com/people/edward-albee-9178576]

Related Pages Edward Albee on LGLC
Edward Albee on VIAF
Birth Date 1928/03/12
Birth Place 502 Bad Gateway
Death Date 2005
Identities Gay

BG [ISBN:9780810872264]

Occupations Playwright Theatre
1973/11/27

https://lglc.ca/event/n73.129

Associated People

502 Bad Gateway
(Lovers)
Personal
Romantic
1950

502 Bad Gateway
(Lovers)
Personal
Romantic
1950
BCDF [http://www.biography.com/people/edward-albee-9178576(http://goo.gl/NCZ2hW)]

502 Bad Gateway
(Lovers)
Personal
Romantic

502 Bad Gateway
(Lovers)
Personal
Romantic
1971