| 1928 |
Born March 12 in Washington, D.C. Adopted at
two weeks of age by millionaire Reed Albee and his wife, Francis. Named
for his adoptive grandfather, Edward Franklin Albee, partner in Keith-Albee
Theater Circuit. |
| 1940 |
Attends Lawrenceville School. Writes three-act
sex farce entitled Aliqueen. |
| 1943 |
Dismissed from Lawrenceville School for cutting
classes. Attends Valley Forge Military Academy; subsequently dismissed. |
| 1944 |
Attends Choate School where his first published
play, Schism, will appear in the school’s literary magazine in 1946. |
| 1945 |
Writes poem entitled "Eighteen," which is published
in Kaleidograph, a Texas literary magazine. |
| 1947 |
Dismissed from Trinity College in his sophomore
year reportedly for failure to attend Chapel and certain classes. Writes
for music programming on WNYC radio. |
| 1948-58 |
Leaves home to live in Greenwich Village as a
writer. He lives on the proceeds of his grandmother’s trust fund, supplemented
by a series of odd jobs. |
| 1958 |
Leaves home to live in Greenwich Village as a
writer. He lives on the proceeds of his grandmother’s trust fund, supplemented
by a series of odd jobs. |
| 1960 |
First American production of The Zoo Story,
Provincetown Playhouse, New York. The Death of Bessie Smith, Berlin;
The Sandbox, New York; Fam and Yam. Westport, Connecticut. |
| 1961 |
The American Dream, with The Death
of Bessie Smith, New York. Bartleby, an operatic adaptation
of Melville’s short story (written in collaboration with friend William
Flanagan), is poorly received. |
|
1962
|
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, New York.
Its nomination for the Pulitzer Prize is not accepted unanimously by the
committee. As a result, two members of the drama subcommittee resign. Receives
New York Drama Critics Circle Award and Tony Award. |
|
1963
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The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (adaptation
from Carson McCullers’ novella), New York. |
|
1964
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Tiny Alice, a dream play, opens in New
York. Albee joins an absurdist group called “Theater 1964” located at Cherry
Lane Theater. This group did such works as Samuel Beckett’s Play
and Harold Pinter’s The Lover. |
|
1966
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Malcolm (adaptation of novel by James
Purdy), New York; closes after five days. A Delicate Balance, New
York. Albee wins the Pulitzer Prize. |
|
1967
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Everything in the Garden (adaptation of
play by Giles Cooper), New York. |
|
1968
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Box and Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung,
Buffalo Studio Arena Theater. |
|
1971
|
All Over, New York. |
|
1975
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Seascape, New York, for which he wins
the Pulitzer Prize. |
|
1977
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Counting the Ways and Listening
(the latter appeared first as a radio play in 1976 in England). |
|
1980
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The Lady from Dubuque, a fable in which
the title role represents death. |
|
1981
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Lolita (adaptation of the novel by Vladimir
Nabokov). |
|
1983
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The Man Who Had Three Arms, New
York. |
|
1985
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Finding the Sun, University of Colorado |
|
1987
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Marriage Play (world premiere, Vienna) |
|
1991
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Three Tall Women, Pulitzer Prize winner
(US premiere 1994) |
|
1993
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Lorca Play, University of Houston |
|
1995
|
Fragments-A Concerto Grosso |
