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Considered one of the most important American playwrights of his time, Albee, entered the theater scene with "The Zoo Story" (1958) at age 30.
The two-character drama, portraying disaffection and class struggle, premiered in Berlin the following year and then moved to Off-Broadway in 1960.
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" debuted two years later on Broadway. The shocking trash-talking, boozy depiction of a tortured academic couple, George and Martha, was a hit, later made into a movie starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.
Albee won three Pulitzer Prizes for best drama, the first in 1967 for "A Delicate Balance." That was made into a 1973 film starring Katharine Hepburn and Paul Scofield.
He also garnered Pulitzers for "Seascape" in 1975, followed by "Three Tall Women" in 1994.
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The two-character drama, portraying disaffection and class struggle, premiered in Berlin the following year and then moved to Off-Broadway in 1960.
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" debuted two years later on Broadway. The shocking trash-talking, boozy depiction of a tortured academic couple, George and Martha, was a hit, later made into a movie starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.
Albee won three Pulitzer Prizes for best drama, the first in 1967 for "A Delicate Balance." That was made into a 1973 film starring Katharine Hepburn and Paul Scofield.
He also garnered Pulitzers for "Seascape" in 1975, followed by "Three Tall Women" in 1994.
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