Edward Albee was born in Washington, DC on March 12, 1928. At the age of two weeks, Albee was adopted by millionaire couple Reed and Frances Albee. The Albees named their son after his paternal grandfather, Edward Franklin Albee, a powerful producer who had made the family fortune as a partner in the Keith-Albee theater circuit. Young Edward was raised by his adoptive parents in Westchester, New York. Due to his father and grandfather's involvement in the theater world, Albee was exposed to theater and well-known figures throughout his childhood. From the beginning, Albee's mother, Frances, tried to prepare her son to become a respectable member of New York society. The Albees' wealth meant that Albee's childhood was filled with servants and guardians. The Rolls Royce family took him to afternoon matinees, he took riding lessons, vacationed in Miami in the winter and learned to sail on Long Island in the summer. In 1940, twelve-year-old Albee entered the Lawrenceville School, a prestigious school for boys. " prep school. During his high school years, he shocked school officials by writing a three-act sex act titled Aliqueen. When he was fifteen, the Lawrenceville school expelled Albee for deleting Hoping to inspire his son in some discipline, Reed Albee enrolled him at Valley Forge Military Academy. Within a year, Valley Forge had also dismissed Albee. from 1944 to 1946. Even as a teenager, Edward Albee presented himself as a prolific writer. In 1945, his poem "Eighteen" was published in the Texas literary magazine Kaleidoscope, the first piece published by. Edward's Albee appeared in the school's literary magazine After graduating from Choate, Albee enrolled at Trinity College, a small liberal arts school in Hartford, Connecticut. While there, Edward angered her. mother by associating with artists she found unacceptable. During his years at Trinity College, Albee gained many theatrical experiences, although it was as an actor rather than a writer. During his sophomore year, in 1947, nineteen-year-old Albee was expelled from another school. This time, Trinity College claimed he did not attend chapel and some classes. Despite his mother's objections, Albee moved at the age of twenty to the artistic district of Greenwich Village, New York. He supported himself by writing musical programs for the radio. In 1953, young Albee met playwright Thornton Wilder. He later credited Wilder with inspiring him to become a playwright..