A premier playwright, Edward Albee is also a gifted director. Albee inPerformance details Albee's directorial vision and how that vision animates hisplays. Having had extraordinary access to Albee as director, Rakesh H. Solomonreveals how Albee has shaped his plays in performance, the attention he pays to eachaspect of theater, and how his conception of the key plays he has directed hasevolved over a five-decade career. Solomon pays careful attention to the majorworks, from The American Dream and Zoo Story to Albee's best-known work, Who'sAfraid of Virginia Woolf?, as well as to later plays such as Marriage Play and ThreeTall Women. The book also includes interviews with Albee and his collaborators onall aspects of staging, from rehearsal to performance.