Edward Albee on Rapa Nui

'Virginia Woolf' author takes trip inside mind
By COLIN HICKEY Staff Writer
Kennebec Journal Morning Sentinel
Wednesday, November 15, 2006

"Easter Island," he [Edward Albee] said, "is of a silence and of a beauty above any other place I have ever experienced."

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Edward Albee on Easter Island

Easter Island: The Dream at the End of the World

By EDWARD ALBEE

(Photography by Tomas Munita for The New York Times)

New York Times

Central and South America > Chile
Published: April 30, 2006

Way before the movie "Planet of the Apes" showed us the Statue of Liberty half buried in the sand, I have felt the need to experience cultures which grew, fell into decadence and vanished. These are probably cautionary tales even beyond their aesthetic marvel.

http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/04/30/travel/30easter.html

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The print edition of this piece by the seventy-eight year-old, award-winning playwright, Edward Albee is worth checking out for the HUGE photographs. See the online article for a multimedia slideshow.

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For the record, this blog's administrator would like to commend the New York Times for its recent coverage of Rapa Nui which, in addition to Albee's article, includes the following:
April 22's profile of Rapanui artist Benedicto Tuki Pate, and
April 1's article about the potential of a casino to be built on the island.
Maururu!