- Paperback: 126 pages
- Publisher: Plume (Sep 1 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0452274001
- ISBN-13: 978-0452274006
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 13.8 x 0.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 113 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #502,802 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Albee's drama of an old woman coming to grips with her life and approaching death earned him his third Pulitzer.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Albee's best plays have always walked a line between heightened realism and dark comedy. Even his most surreal works are populated with characters who wouldn't seem out of place in real life. His 1994 Pulitzer Prize winner runs true to form. It begins as a naturalistic conversation among three women (identified as A, B, and C) from successive generations who meet in a hospital room. Each is undergoing a change from one life phase to another, and each faces her travails and disappointments with lots of Albee's trademark bitter wit. In the second act, however, the three women become representatives of the same person at different ages (26, 52, late 80s), and their bickering talk becomes a touching internal colloquy about life, love, and the inevitability of loss. Not since Beckett's brooding meditation Krapp's Last Tape has a playwright dealt so movingly with the subject of disappointment, aging, and death. Jack Helbig
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At rise, A is in the stage left armchair, B in the stage right one, C on the bed foot bench. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Another emotional triumph from Albee,
By I. Sondel "I. Sondel - lover of the arts" (Tallahassee, FL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Three Tall Women (Paperback)
Personally, I don't understand it when people say that Albee's writing is cold. "Three Tall Women" is a very emotional play, heartfelt and autobiographical. The writing is luminous. The characters are rich and dynamic. There is humor, and wit, and pain, and pathos. Perhaps Albee is just too smart for the average theatre goer. However, I love that he doesn't pander. I love that he writes smart. I love that he challenges the audience to think. "Three Tall Women" keeps you thinking long after reading it. Thank you, Mr. Albee.
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Unbeleivable depth and feeling!,
By Dr. Milton J. Mintz "Dr. Mickey" (Dover, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Premise and Great Delivery,
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This review is from: Three Tall Women (Paperback)
Once I figured out what the play was about I really enjoyed it, before I just thought it was very good and quite amusing. The fact of figuring it out actually makes the play more interesting is a sign of a genius playwrite and incredible / timeless story.
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