Albee, Edward Franklin

Albee, Edward Franklin

▪ American theatrical manager
born Oct. 8, 1857, Machias, Maine, U.S.
died March 11, 1930, Palm Beach, Fla.

      theatrical manager who, as the general manager of the Keith-Albee theatre circuit, was the most influential person in vaudeville in the United States. A circus ticket seller when he joined Benjamin Franklin Keith in 1885 to establish the Boston Bijou Theatre, he was responsible for the expansion of the Keith-Albee vaudeville circuit. By the 1920s it controlled nearly 400 theatres in the East and Midwest. Albee was president of the United Bookings Office from its formation in 1900. In 1916 he organized a union, the National Vaudeville Artists, thus gaining a near monopoly on both talent and production in U.S. vaudeville. Albee dominated vaudeville until 1928, when RKO, a film company, absorbed his circuit in order to acquire the theatres. His adopted grandson, and namesake, was an American playwright.

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  • Albee, Edward (Franklin) — born March 12, 1928, Virginia, U.S. U.S. playwright. He was the adopted grandson and namesake of a well known vaudeville theatre manager. His first one act play, The Zoo Story (1959), and other early plays, including The Sandbox (1960) and The… …   Universalium

  • Albee, Edward (Franklin) — (n. 12 mar. 1928, Virginia, EE.UU.). Dramaturgo estadounidense. Fue el nieto adoptivo y homónimo de un afamado productor de teatro de vodevil. Su primera obra de un acto, La historia del zoo (1959), y otras obras tempranas, entre ellas The… …   Enciclopedia Universal

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  • Edward Franklin Albee II — (October 8, 1857 ndash; March 11, 1930) was a vaudeville impresario, and the adoptive grandfather of Edward Franklin Albee III, the playwright.He was born in Machias, Maine to Edward Franklin Albee I. He toured with P.T. Barnum as a ticket… …   Wikipedia

  • Edward Franklin Albee — may refer to: *Edward Franklin Albee I, father of Edward Franklin Albee II *Edward Franklin Albee II vaudeville theatre chain owner *Edward Franklin Albee III (born March 12, 1928) playwright and grandson of Edward Franklin Albee II …   Wikipedia

  • Albee, Edward — ▪ American author in full  Edward Franklin Albee   born March 12, 1928, Washington, D.C., U.S.       American dramatist and theatrical producer best known for his play Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), which displays slashing insight and… …   Universalium

  • Edward Franklin Albeen — noun United States dramatist (1928 ) • Syn: ↑Albee, ↑Edward Albee • Instance Hypernyms: ↑dramatist, ↑playwright …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Franklin — (de «Benjamín Franklin», científico y político estadounidense del siglo XVIII) m. Fís. Franklinio. * * * franklin. (De B. Franklin, 1706 1790, científico y político estadounidense). m …   Enciclopedia Universal

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