Dec 24, 2009

The Zoo Story | What Do I Read Next?

It is essential that anyone wanting to understand Edward Albee read his 1962 play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Whether as relevant to Albee or not, everyone interested in modern drama should read Martin Esslin's 1961 text The Theatre of the Absurd.

Those interested in Albee as an adapter of other people's work (and what might draw him to that work) would enjoy The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, which he adapted from Carson McCullers's novel and Malcolm, adapted from the work by James Purdy.

After years of obscurity and what some took to...