The Play About the Baby

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The Play About the Baby is a play by Edward Albee. It was first performed in 1998 by the Almeida Theatre Company in Malvern, Worcestershire, directed by Howard Davies. The American premiere was off-Broadway in 2001, by Alley Theatre at the Century Center for the Performing Arts, directed by David Esbjornson. The play was nominated for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

[edit] Cast

Character The Man The Woman The Boy The Girl

Original cast Alan Howard Frances de la Tour Rupert Penry-Jones Zöe Waites

Off-Broadway cast Brian Murray Marian Seldes David Burtka Kathleen Early

[edit] External links

• Review of the original production by Nicholas De Jongh for the London Evening Standard (archived at Alan Howard's personal website)
• Review of the off-Broadway production by Ben Brantley for the New York Times

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