The Zoo Story by Edward Albee

Written in 1958, this one-act play thrust Albee's voice into the theatrical limelight. Described as an absurdist drama, The Zoo Story deals with themes of loneliness and isolation, yearning for connection, repression, familial trauma and the neat de-humanisation of modern life. In Central Park, two men from very different walks of life meet randomly on a sunny Sunday afternoon. They strike up a conversation and share a little about their lives. Their conversation takes turns into farce, verbal sparring, empathy, intimacy and even violence. Ultimately neither of them will ever be the same again.