Gender
Male
Born
Mar 12, 1928
Died
Sep 16, 2016
Director Producer Writer
Also Known As
Edward Albee
Edward Harvey [Birthname]
Relations
Grandson of
Edward Franklin Albee
See Also
  • 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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