Edward Albee's Marriage Play
by Edward Albee
What readers are saying
Readers have mixed feelings about the play, finding it charming but not necessarily Albee's best work. Some appreciate the depth of the ending, while others view it as clichéd and overly familiar.
Synopsis
THE STORY: Jack comes home from a middling day at the office to quickly announce to his wife, Gillian, that he is leaving her.
Suspecting for some time a midlife crisis, Gillian goads Jack about this announcement, forcing him to try it again--going
Press Reviews
"A concise look at that point in life where one can question his or her very existence. ”Albee's writing, as ever, proves taut, effective and often slyly yet corrosively funny.“ —New York Post. ”…it's disturbing, funny, violent, and not in the least sentimental."
— The New Yorker
Publication
Edward Albee's Marriage Play is a American comedy play written by Edward Albee and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (1995).
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First Edition
Dramatists Play Service · 1995 · 72 pp
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Restrictions: Major Markets Plus (US) / Standard Plus Add'l Postcodes (UK)
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