Edward Albee

A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.

A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.

I think there are perhaps four playwrights of the 20th century that we could not have done without: Chekhov, Pirandello, read more

I think there are perhaps four playwrights of the 20th century that we could not have done without: Chekhov, Pirandello, Brecht and Beckett. If you've got those four, you've got the century covered.

I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say-it read more

I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say-it leaves me something to do.

I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humour.

I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humour.