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A Delicate Balance
Edward Albee
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.
Thought-provoking endingCharming dialogueClichéd themesNot Albee's best work
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
PublisherDramatists Play Service
Year1995
BindingPaperback
EditionFirst Edition
Pages72
PlaceNew York
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780822214229
ISBN-100822214229
LCCN96208087
LCCPS3551.L25 M37 1995
DCC812/.54
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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Dramatists Play Service · 1995 · 72 pp
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