Albee, Edward
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Life And Works Of Edward Albee
Biographical Sketch
Edward Albee was born in Washington, D.C. on March 12, 1928. At the age
of two weeks he was adopted by Reed and Frances Albee and taken to live in the
family home in Westchester, New York. Albee's new father had inherited a
nationwide chain of vaudeville theaters, the Keith-Albee Circuit, which had
been founded by Edward Franklin Albee II. Though the enterprise was eventually
sold, the family's show business acquaintances meant that young Albee was
often exposed to theater personalities. Reed Albee died on August 2, 1961 and
his obituary listed one other adopted child besides Edward, but to our
knowledge ...