RIP: Edward Albee (Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?)

[erik]

The world of American theatre has lost a legendary playwright: Edward Albee. The man who wrote the infamously scathing Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?" (later a groundbreaking 1966 film, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton) passed away today at the age of 88:

www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/edward-albee-pulitzer-winning-playwright-of-modern-masterpieces-dies-at-88/2016/09/16/2645feb0-7c6c-11e6-bd86-b7bbd53d2b5d_story.html

[egoodstein]

A fascinating playwright often, who really had a way with dramatic scenes and surrealism/absurdist ideas in an American setting. VW in particular is heart-wrenching. He will be missed. Though I admit I had thought he died already. . .

[erik]

Quote by egoodstein:

He will be missed. Though I admit I had thought he died already. . .

Well that tends to happen when you're out of the spotlight and getting up there in years.

Still, yes, he was one of the true legends, especially when it came to adult relationships ("Hump The Hostess", folks?)