A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee

A Delicate Balance

Edward Albee

175 pages • first pub 1966 (editions) user-added

fiction play dark sad slow-paced

Description

Edwards Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Delicate Balance reveals the emotional savagery of suburbia and the psychological terror of empty lives. First produced in 1966, this dark drawing room comedy may be Albee's masterpiece, as powerful in...

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Community Reviews Summary of 52 reviews

Moods

dark 100%
funny 100%
reflective 66%
tense 66%
sad 33%

Pace

slow 50%
fast 50%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 100%

Strong character development?

No: 50% | Yes: 50%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 50% | Yes: 50%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

Average rating

3.43

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