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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:playwright
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gptkbp:alma_mater
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gptkb:University_of_Wisconsin-Madison
gptkb:Trinity_College
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gptkbp:associated_act
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gptkb:The_Albee_Theatre
gptkb:The_Edward_Albee_Foundation
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gptkbp:associated_acts
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gptkb:American_theater
gptkb:Theater_of_the_Absurd
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gptkbp:award
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gptkb:Tony_Award_for_Best_Play
gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize_for_Drama
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Tony_Award_for_Best_Play
gptkb:Tony_Award
gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize_for_Drama
gptkb:Emmy_Awards
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gptkbp:birth_date
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1928-03-12
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gptkbp:child
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gptkb:none
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gptkbp:contribution
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redefining American drama
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gptkbp:death_date
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2016-09-16
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:University_of_Wisconsin–_Madison
gptkb:University_of_Wisconsin-Madison
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gptkbp:famous_quote
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“ I am not a playwright. I am a writer.”
“ The only thing that matters is that you are true to yourself.”
“ I think that the most important thing is to be true to yourself.”
“ We are all the same, we are all different.”
“ The only thing that matters is the work.”
“ The man who is afraid of losing has already lost.”
“ I think that the most important thing is to be true to your art.”
“ You cannot be afraid of what people will say.”
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:drama
gptkb:Absurdist_Theatre
Absurdist theatre
absurdist theatre
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Edward Albee
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Harold_Pinter
gptkb:Audre_Lorde
gptkb:David_Auburn
gptkb:Eugene_Ionesco
gptkb:David_Lindsay-Abaire
gptkb:Joy_Harjo
gptkb:Maya_Angelou
gptkb:Nikki_Giovanni
gptkb:Ocean_Vuong
gptkb:Rita_Dove
gptkb:Rupi_Kaur
gptkb:Toni_Morrison
gptkb:Yusef_Komunyakaa
gptkb:bell_hooks
gptkb:Alice_Walker
gptkb:David_Mamet
gptkb:James_Baldwin
gptkb:Katori_Hall
gptkb:Kaveh_Akbar
gptkb:Mary_Oliver
gptkb:Lynn_Nottage
gptkb:Chimamanda_Ngozi_Adichie
gptkb:Edward_Bond
gptkb:John_Patrick_Shanley
gptkb:Lin-Manuel_Miranda
gptkb:Sandra_Cisneros
gptkb:Sylvia_Plath
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston
gptkb:Anne_Sexton
gptkb:Nilo_Cruz
gptkb:Lanford_Wilson
gptkb:Maxine_Hong_Kingston
gptkb:Ada_Limón
gptkb:Contemporary_American_Theatre
gptkb:Amanda_Gorman
gptkb:Gwendolyn_Brooks
gptkb:Marilynne_Robinson
gptkb:Walt_Whitman
gptkb:Natasha_Trethewey
gptkb:Tennessee_Williams
gptkb:John_Guare
gptkb:Jez_Butterworth
gptkb:Claudia_Rankine
gptkb:Emily_Dickinson
gptkb:David_Ives
gptkb:Lorine_Niedecker
gptkb:Arthur_Miller
gptkb:Stephen_Karam
gptkb:Caryl_Churchill
gptkb:Wendy_Wasserstein
gptkb:Marsha_Norman
gptkb:Stephen_Adly_Guirgis
gptkb:Julia_Alvarez
gptkb:Tony_Kushner
gptkb:Keenan_Scott_II
gptkb:Lillian_Hellman
gptkb:Sarah_Ruhl
gptkb:Christopher_Durang
gptkb:Molly_Smith_Metzler
gptkb:Linda_Pastan
gptkb:Annie_Baker
gptkb:J._T._Rogers
gptkb:August_Wilson
gptkb:Catherine_Trieschmann
gptkb:Tarell_Alvin_Mc_Craney
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Eugene_O'_Neill
gptkb:Samuel_Beckett
gptkb:Tennessee_Williams
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gptkbp:influences
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gptkb:Eugene_O'_Neill
gptkb:Samuel_Beckett
gptkb:Tennessee_Williams
gptkb:Henrik_Ibsen
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gptkbp:inspired_by
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modernist literature
European theatre
American theatre
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gptkbp:known_for
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Social commentary
Dark humor
social commentary
dark humor
complex character relationships
Exploring themes of existentialism
exploring themes of existentialism
Complex character relationships
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:legacy
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influence on contemporary playwrights
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:American
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gptkbp:notable_awards
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gptkb:Tony_Award_for_Best_Play
gptkb:award
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize_for_Drama
gptkb:Kennedy_Center_Honors
gptkb:Emmy_Awards
gptkb:New_York_Drama_Critics'_Circle_Award
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gptkbp:notable_work
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gptkb:Three_Tall_Women
gptkb:A_Delicate_Balance
gptkb:The_Zoo_Story
gptkb:Who's_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf?
Seascape
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gptkbp:notable_works
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gptkb:Three_Tall_Women
gptkb:A_Delicate_Balance
gptkb:The_Zoo_Story
gptkb:Who's_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf?
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:playwright
gptkb:drama
gptkb:theater_productions
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gptkbp:place_of_birth
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gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
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gptkbp:place_of_death
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gptkb:Montauk,_New_York
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Katherine_Albee
gptkb:Patricia_E._Albee
gptkb:Claire_W._Albee
Natalie Barish
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gptkbp:style
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symbolic imagery
psychological depth
minimalist dialogue
nonlinear narrative
Modernist theater
Absurdist theater
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gptkbp:thematic_element
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gptkb:betrayal
gptkb:illusion
gptkb:conflict
gptkb:communication
gptkb:deception
gptkb:identity
love
hope
reality
isolation
human relationships
mortality
societal norms
truth
power dynamics
family dynamics
existential crisis
search for meaning
despair
absurdity of life
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gptkbp:themes
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gptkb:Isolation
gptkb:communication
Existentialism
Human relationships
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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2
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