Three Tall Women
Three Tall Women by Edward Albee, published by Penguin in September 1995, is a significant work in modern theater, comprising 128 pages in English. The play presents a poignant exploration of aging through the interactions of three women, each representing different stages of life. As an imperious old woman lies dying, she is cared for by two other women and visited by a young man, allowing Albee to delve into themes of love, relationships, and the complexities of human existence.
Readers will find that Albee’s dialogue is both frank and insightful, addressing topics such as forgiveness and reconciliation without sentimentality. The characters, while distinct in the first act, reveal a deeper connection as they embody the same “everywoman” at various ages in the second act. This layered portrayal invites reflection on how we navigate life, love, and mortality. Three Tall Women stands as a testament to Albee’s skill in capturing the intricacies of family dynamics and the human condition.
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA
Recently revived on Broadway in a production directed by Joe Mantello, starring two-time Oscar winner Glenda Jackson and Tony winner Laurie Metcalf
Earning a Pulitzer and Best Play awards from the Evening Standard, Critics Circle, and Outer Critics Circle, among others, when it premiered, Edward Albee has, in Three Tall Women, created a masterwork of modern theater.
As an imperious, acerbic old woman lies dying, she is tended by two other women and visited by a young man. Albee’s frank dialogue about everything from incontinence to infidelity portrays aging without sentimentality. His scenes are charged with wit, pain, and laughter, and his observations tell us about forgiveness, reconciliation, and our own fates. But it is his probing portrait of the three women that reveals Albee’s genius. Separate characters on stage in the first act, yet actually the same “everywoman” at different ages in the second act, these “tall women” lay bare the truths of our lives—how we live, how we love, what we settle for, and how we die. Edward Albee has given theatergoers, critics, and students of drama reason to rejoice.
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