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The Zoo Story
''The Zoo Story'', originally titled ''Peter and Jerry'', is a one-act play by American playwright Edward Albee. His first play, it was written in 1958 and completed in just three weeks.〔(Reuben, Paul P. "Chapter 8: Edward Albee." ), ''Perspectives in American Literature- A Research and Reference Guide'', Retrieved June 28, 2007〕 The play explores themes of isolation, loneliness, miscommunication as anathematization, social disparity and dehumanization in a commercial world.
==Productions==
Rejected by New York producers, the play premiered in West Berlin at the Schiller Theater ''Werkstatt'' on 28 September 1959 in a double bill with the German premiere of Samuel Beckett's ''Krapp's Last Tape''.〔Halliwell, Martin. "Drama and Performance", ''American Culture in the 1950s'', Edinburgh University Press, 2007, ISBN 0748618856, p. 107〕〔Harris, Andrew Bennett. "Chapter 6", ''Broadway Theatre'', Psychology Press, 1994, ISBN 041510520X, p. 82〕〔("Edward Albee Play at Place de Arts" ) ''The Montreal Gazette'', October 10, 1964〕
The play remiered in the United States Off-Broadway in a production by Theatre 1960 at the Provincetown Playhouse on January 14, 1960 and closed on May 21, 1961. The play was paired with ''Krapp's Last Tape''. Directed by Milton Katselas, the cast was William Daniels (Peter) and George Maharis (Jerry).〔 The play won the 1960 Obie Award for Distinguished Play and Distinguished Performance, William Daniels.〔(''Krapp's Last Tape/ The Zoo Story'' ) lortel.org, accessed November 20, 2015〕
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