埃德华·阿尔比(Edward Albee)是美国严肃戏剧挑战百老汇娱乐戏剧的一面旗帜。他的剧作经常先在外百老汇甚至外国上演,最后总又回到百老汇。他曾说过,“人们在百老汇看到的那些东西,根本就不是戏剧,只是一些批量生产的产品,它们只会使人沉醉或沉睡,无法叫人惊醒和清醒。”自六十年代以来阿尔比的戏剧作品不断震撼着美国剧坛,但作为美国主流戏剧的先锋作家,阿尔比剧 Edward Albee is the flag of America’s dramatic drama challenging Broadway entertainment drama. His dramas are often staged on Broadway or even abroad, eventually returning to Broadway. He said: “The things that people see on Broadway are not theater at all, they are just mass-produced products that only make people intoxicated or asleep, unable to awake and awake.” "Since the 1960s Albi has been shocking the theatrical productions of the United States since the theater, but as a leading American mainstream theater writer, Alba