Edward Albee

Albee is one of America's most important modern dramatists. In this overview of his work, he talks candidly about his writing and discusses one of its central themes: the essential stripping away of illusion and self-delusion in order to live the extraordinary experience of life to the full. Filmed in New York, the programme is illustrated with extracts from stage and screen versions of his plays including Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, A Delicate Balance and Three Tall Women.