Two-hander that introduced the playwright to Off-Broadway in 1960, and Who's Afraid of Virginia I found virtually unanimous admiration for
Along that brick road paved with yellowed clippings and golden rules, I spoke to various people inside and outside the theater world to gauge the temperature of their interest in the subject and test the tenor of their perceptions. The person you meet at the end can't help being dwarfed by the reputation that precedes him in the form of controversy and celebration, Pulitzer Prizes and bad reviews. To interview Albee, as I recently did, is to encounter an icon of American culture, and preparing for the experience turns out to be a little bit like approaching the Wizard of Oz. I have never met anyone who has only one feeling about Edward Tiny Alice trumpets quotes from those who denounce the author as well as those who hail him as "the most distinguished playwright in the history of American theatre." For book jacket copy, this is a rare instance of truth-in-advertising. With a kind of perverse pride, the 1970 paperback edition of
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