Edward Albee dies: His greatest insults from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

In Honor of Edward Albee, Slip a Virginia Woolf Insult Into Your Conversation Tonight

In Honor of Edward Albee, Slip a Virginia Woolf Insult Into Your Conversation Tonight

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Sept. 16 2016 10:04 PM

In Honor of Edward Albee, Slip a Virginia Woolf Insult Into Your Conversation Tonight

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Edward Albee, opening night of The Goat,October 3, 2002 in New York City.

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The playwrighting master Edward Albee died Friday at 88 at his home in Montauk, NY. You can remember him as a father of American absurdism; as the tender but ruthless memoirist of Three Tall Women; as the gleeful provocateur of The Goat. You can also remember his acid wit, as suggested by the director and writer Isaac Butler on Twitter, when he asked his followers to tweet their favorite insults from Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Try them on your loved ones tonight!

Dan Kois edits and writes for Slate’s human interest and culture departments. He’s the co-author, with Isaac Butler, of The World Only Spins Forward, a history of Angels in America, and is writing a book called How to Be a Family.