 He composed music for the 1960 premiere of Albee's play "The Sandbox" as well as Albee's adaptations "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe" (1963 from the "Carson McCullers" and "Malcolm" (1966, from the "James Purdy" novel).In 1963 Albee wrote one act of "The Ice Age", a libretto for Flanagan, but the opera was never completed.Flanagan committed suicide in 1969, after which Copland eulogized him in a memorial concert given by Albee and Ned Rorem.