Censorship of the Arts Addressed by Honored Playwright

Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee will talk about "Censorship in the Arts" during a public lecture Monday, May 13, at UC Davis. A press conference is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the Garrison Room of the Memorial Union, adjacent to Freeborn Hall. Reporters wishing to attend the conference and lecture should confirm attendance, since seating is limited and will be allotted on a first-come, first-served basis. There will be an opportunity to film the first five minutes of the lecture only. Albee's lecture begins at 8 p.m. in Freeborn Hall. It will be the final lecture in the UC Davis Presents Distinguished Speakers Series for 1995-96. Honored for his work, including "Seascape," "A Delicate Balance" and his latest play, "Three Tall Women," Albee is probably best known for his 1962 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Hailed by critics as "America's most important dramatist still writing," he was recently named by the New York Post as one of the 100 most influential people in America. He is a strong arts activist and a voice for the state of the arts in America.