A Delicate Balance

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A Delicate Balance is a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Edward Albee that explores the fragility of family relationships and the existential anxieties underlying upper-middle-class life.

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instanceOf play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
author Edward Albee ⓘ
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
basedOn original work by Edward Albee ⓘ
character Agnes ⓘ
Claire ⓘ
Edna ⓘ
Harry ⓘ
Julia ⓘ
Tobias ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Alan Schneider ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
tragicomedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation A Delicate Balance (1973 film) ⓘ
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A Delicate Balance (2014 Broadway revival) ⓘ
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hasPart Act I ⓘ
Act II ⓘ
Act III ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement American drama ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
United States ⓘ
mainSubject existential anxiety ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
upper-middle-class life ⓘ
notableWorkOf Edward Albee ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Edward Albee’s dramatic oeuvre ⓘ
placeOfFirstPerformance Broadway ⓘ
Martin Beck Theatre ⓘ
premiereDate 1966-09-12 ⓘ
producer Clinton Wilder ⓘ
Richard Barr ⓘ
publicationYear 1966 ⓘ
publisher Atheneum Publishers ⓘ
setting suburban upper-middle-class home ⓘ
theme alcoholism ⓘ
breakdown of communication ⓘ
emotional repression ⓘ
fear of change ⓘ
friendship and obligation ⓘ
security and instability ⓘ
timePeriod contemporary to its writing ⓘ
writer Edward Albee ⓘ

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Glenn Close → notableWork → The Real Thing ⓘ
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Hume Cronyn → notableWork → A Delicate Balance ⓘ
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A Delicate Balance → hasAdaptation → A Delicate Balance (2014 Broadway revival) ⓘ
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Edward Albee → notableWork → A Delicate Balance ⓘ
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