Albee
Edward, born 1928, U.S. playwright.
Contemporary Examples
As always in Albee, the play features family turmoil and a good dose of alcohol.
Fall Broadway Preview: ‘This Is Our Youth,’ Bradley Cooper as ‘The Elephant Man,’ and More Janice Kaplan September 10, 2014
The Regent movie theater, Albee Square Mall, and [record store] Beat Street are all gone.
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Historical Examples
And if Albee were a superman the problem of her life was solved.
Manslaughter Alice Duer Miller
Mrs. Albee has aimed, not to reproduce Oriental effects, but to have the designs original and distinctive.
Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern Rosa Belle Holt
“You make me very proud, very happy when you talk like that,” said Albee.
Manslaughter Alice Duer Miller
Excellent suggestions by Miss Albee for color schemes in stripes may be found on pages 64 and 65.
Hand-Loom Weaving Mattie Phipps Todd
Most women would have accepted Albee as first-rate, but she knew he wasn’t.
Manslaughter Alice Duer Miller
I know it—in certain cases: anyhow I should be afraid to read my own letters to Mr. Albee over again.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 2 Elizabeth Bisland
Miss Bennett did not know where Albee was, and her tone indicated that she did not greatly care.
Manslaughter Alice Duer Miller
Do you know that I had a dim notion always that Mr. Albee was a millionaire,—or at least a very wealthy dilettante?
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 2 Elizabeth Bisland
noun
Edward. born 1928, US dramatist. His plays include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), Seascape (1975), Marriage Play (1986), Three Tall Women (1990), and Goat (2004)
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