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Playwright Edward Albee on America

Albee in his younger days (PHOTO: U.H. Photographs Collection)

by David C. Barnett

Dramatist Edward Albee spoke with us twenty years ago on the occasion of the Cleveland debut of his Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Three Tall Women".  He touched on many topics and concluded with this 90-second meditation on the America he saw approaching.  Albee died last week at the age of 88.

David C. Barnett was a senior arts & culture reporter for Ideastream Public Media. He retired in October 2022.