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Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning examination of the life of a woman.
Story:
In Act One, a young lawyer, “C,” has been sent to the home of a client, a ninety-two-year-old woman, “A,” to sort out her finances. “A,” frail, perhaps a bit senile, resists and is of no help to “C.” Along with “B,” the old woman’s matronly paid companion/caretaker, “C” tries to convince “A” that she must concentrate on the matters at hand. In “A’s” beautifully appointed bedroom, she prods, discusses and bickers with “B” and “C,” her captives. “A’s” long life is laid out for display, no holds barred. She cascades from regal and charming to vicious and wretched as she wonders about and remembers her life: her husband and their cold, passionless marriage; her son and their estrangement. How did she become this? Who is she? Finally, when recounting her most painful memory, she suffers a stroke. In Act Two, “A’s” comatose body lies in bed as “B” and “C” observe no changes in her condition. In a startling coup-de-theatre, “A” enters, very much alive and quite lucid. The three women are now the stages of “A’s” life: the imperious old woman, the regal matron and the young woman of twenty-six. Her life, memories and reminiscences—pondered in the first act—are now unceremoniously examined, questioned, accepted or not, but, at last, understood. In the end, her son arrives and kneels at her bedside, but it is too late.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play - Glenda Jackson
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play - Laurie Metcalf
Best Revival of a Play
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Best Costume Design of a Play
Best Direction of a Play
Outstanding Actress in a Play - Glenda Jackson
Outstanding Set Design of a Play
Outstanding Revival of a Play
Outstanding Actress in a Play - Laurie Metcalf
Outstanding Director of a Play
Outstanding Costume Design of a Play
Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play
Distinguished Performance Award - Glenda Jackson
Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play
Distinguished Performance Award - Laurie Metcalf
Outstanding Actress in a Play - Glenda Jackson
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play - Laurie Metcalf
Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Outstanding Director of a Play
Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical)
Outstanding Actress in a Play - Myra Carter
Best off-Broadway Play
Best Actress - Myra Carter
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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