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Playwright Edward Albee's Incomplete Works May Never See The Light Of Day

Albee died in 2016, and in his will he asked that all his incomplete manuscripts be destroyed — including a play that was supposed to open off-Broadway.
Edward Albee, pictured here in 1967, won three Pulitzer Prizes over the course of his career.

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee has been in the news a lot lately. Albee died in 2016, and since then his estate has turned down a multi-racial of and put his contemporary art collection up for auction for an estimated $9 million. Now that his incomplete works may never see the light of day.

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