Three Plays by Edward Albee

26 September, 1937, was the day the infamous blues singer Bessie Smith died. This tragic event is the setting for Edward Albee's The Death of Bessie Smith, which addresses the myth that Bessie was refused admittance to a 'whites-only' hospital before she died. The Sandbox is an absurdist play detailing ...

'Like a Henry James novella; circuitous, ambiguous, enthralling and chilling.'

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