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The Zoo Story

play by Albee
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The Zoo Story, one-act play by Edward Albee, produced and published in 1959, about an isolated young man desperate to interact with other people. As the play opens, Peter, a publishing executive who is reading in New York City’s Central Park, is approached by a stranger named Jerry. Announcing “I’ve been to the zoo,” Jerry proceeds to probe deep into Peter’s life. He relates details from his own life—his stay in a rooming house with...

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