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The American Dream is an early, one-act play by American playwright Edward Albee. It premiered in 1961.
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The American Dream, one-act drama by Edward Albee, published in 1959 (with The Zoo Story) and first produced in 1961. This brief absurdist drama established the playwright as an astute, acerbic critic of American values. The American Dream addresses issues of childlessness and adoption.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Edward Albee’s The American Dream is part of the post-World War II movement called “Theatre of the Absurd.” Meant to highlight the staggering inequities and absurdities in global society, plays associated with this artistic movement use hyperreal (or surreal) settings, characters, and situations to examine the breakdown of human society.
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The American Dream. Mommy and Daddy sit in a barren living room making small talk. Mommy, the domineering wife, is grappling with the thought of putting Grandma in a nursing home. Daddy, the long-suffering husband, could not care less.
Albee challenges societal norms and explores themes of identity, disillusionment, and the elusive pursuit of happiness, creating a thought-provoking and unsettling commentary on the fragility of the American Dream and the emptiness that can lurk beneath its surface.
