Edward Albee Playwrite in Protest Author:Michael E. Rutenberg New light on a dark talent — Edward Albee is usually thought of as a writer of amoral plays for an absurdist theater. But Michael E. Rutenberg considers Albee's plays from The Zoo Story through Box-Mao-Bos as social criticism. From Albee's earlier position as defender of society's outcasts to his later attacks on hypocrisy and corruption, he is... more » shown to be an eclectic "theatrician" whose command of the medium of theater enables him to understand and embody modern man's sense of isolation and futility. This position is established through Professor Rutenberg's brilliant, and unusual analysis of each of the plays and in two penetrating interviews with Edward Albee.« less