Pulitzer Prize-Winning American Playwright Edward Albee passed away on September 16, 2016 at age 88. Albee began his prominence as a playwright around the same time as Mal Vincent started his own career as a theatre critic. Albee shared some words of inspiration with Mal over the years after their chance meeting at the opening of one of Albee’s plays on Broadway. 

 

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Bonus Clip: Albee discusses his childhood and his first exposure to theater.