The Collected Plays of Edward Albee, Volume 2: 1966-1977These range from the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Delicate Balance to the brilliant and complex short plays Box and Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung to his second Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Seascape, to the scintillating one-act comedy Counting the Ways (recently revived off-Broadway to great acclaim), Everything in the Garden, All Over, Listening, and closing with the controversial Lady from Dubuque (hailed by Time magazine as a major work Albee's best since Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ).The volume includes an introduction by Edward Albee, providing new insights into these works. |
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... LADY OLD WOMAN Over the hill to the poor - house I'm trudgin ' my weary way— I , a woman of seventy , and only a trifle gray- I , who am smart an ' chipper , for all the years I've told , As many another woman thats only half as old ...
... LADY OLD WOMAN Over the hill to the poor - house I'm trudgin ' my weary way— I , a woman of seventy , and only a trifle gray- I , who am smart an ' chipper , for all the years I've told , As many another woman thats only half as old ...
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1966-1977 Edward Albee. OLD WOMAN I , who am smart an ' chipper , for all the years I've told , As many another woman that's only half as old . CHAIRMAN MAO It is the task of the people of the whole world to put an end to the aggression ...
1966-1977 Edward Albee. OLD WOMAN I , who am smart an ' chipper , for all the years I've told , As many another woman that's only half as old . CHAIRMAN MAO It is the task of the people of the whole world to put an end to the aggression ...
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... OLD WOMAN And one of ' em said ' twas too warm there for anyone so old , And t'other had an opinion the climate was too cold . LONG - WINDED LADY And sitting there ! Sitting there in the water , bouncing around like a car- ton ...
... OLD WOMAN And one of ' em said ' twas too warm there for anyone so old , And t'other had an opinion the climate was too cold . LONG - WINDED LADY And sitting there ! Sitting there in the water , bouncing around like a car- ton ...
Contents
Contents | 7 |
Everything in the Garden | 123 |
Box and Quotations from Chairman Mao TseTung | 257 |
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AGNES TOBIAS ALAN SCHNEIDER audience BERYL BEST FRIEND Brulée calm CAROL CHAIRMAN MAO CHARLIE NANCY CHUCK CHUCK PERRY CLAIRE course darling DAUGHTER DOCTOR drink EDGAR EDWARD ALBEE ELIZABETH embarrassed everything exits eyes FRED gently GILBERT GIRL THE WOMAN glass hand happened Harry and Edna Hello hunh JENNY RICHARD Jo's mother knew Lady from Dubuque LESLIE and SARAH LESLIE CHARLIE LONG-WINDED LADY look LOUISE LUCINDA MAO TSE-TUNG marry MAUREEN ANDERMAN mean MISTRESS moves NANCY CHARLIE never nice Nods OLD WOMAN OSCAR PERRY quiet Quietly remember RICHARD JENNY RICHARD Oh RICHARD ROGER ROGER shakes his head Shrugs Sighs smile someone sorry sound stay stop suppose sure talk tell there's thing thought Three-second silence Tiny pause TOBIAS AGNES told TOOTHE turn upstairs VOICE What's WIFE WOMAN THE GIRL wonder