Theatre Trivia Tweet: Edward Albee’s Heritage Uta Hagen as Martha in the original Broadway production of Edward Albee’s “Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee has a theatrical heritage. What is it? SelectReveal Answer> Albee was adopted by Reed A. Albee, the son of vaudeville producer and theatre owner Edward Franklin Albee II. Thus, when he started writing plays he was certainly no stranger to the theatre. Post navigation previous postNext Post