'The Zoo Story' a play by Edward Albee (60-minutes)

Edward Albee’s ‘The Zoo Story’, is a one-act, sixty-minute, two-character absurdist comedy/tragedy. Premiering in 1959, it is just as timely today, as it shows a confrontation between the lonely outcasts of society and the dehumanized and unconscious middle-class.

Set on a park bench in New York City's Central Park, it's the story of Jerry, a young man alienated from the human race, and Peter, a middle-class corporate player who is secure in his 'zoo'. By rattling Peter's cage in a game of wits, Jerry begins to transform Peter from a respectable conformist into a 'permanent transient'. With wicked humour and situations that rattle the audience’s cage, Albee has constructed an unforgettable play that bristles with witty dialogue and deals with issues of isolation, dehumanization, the hunger for connection and the real meaning of a man in society.

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