EDWARD ALBEE - TYPED QUOTATION SIGNED 1991 - HFSID 169006

EDWARD ALBEE
He signs a typed quotation from his March 26, 1989 interview in the The Los Angeles Times, dated 1991
Typed Quotation signed: "Edward Albee/ 1991", 1p, 8½x11. Headed: "* EDWARD ALBEE */Playwright/Interview/San Diego, California/The Los Angeles Times/March 26, 1989". In full: "The theatre is in serious trouble, especially for any extended run. It gets harder and harder to find actors of a certain age willing to commit for any length of time on stage. They've been bought away by movies and television. Even if they're willing to work, they'll say, 'I'll give you four months, sandwiched in between my film titles.'" Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward F. Albee (1928-2016) is best known for his 1962 masterpiece, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. The work, his first Broadway play, won him a Tony Award and was made into an award-winning film in 1966. He also won the 2002 Tony Award for Best Play for The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?. Albee is noteworthy in the theater not only for his works, but also for his efforts to introduce new talent and techniques.The playwright taught for many years at the School of Theatre at the University of Houston, also gave writing seminars and lectures on his work at colleges around the country. Albee won Pulitzer Prizes for A Delicate Balance (1966), Seascape (1975), and Three Tall Women (1994). Slightly creased at upper blank edge. Fine condition.