Editorial Reviews. About the Author. Edward Albee, the American dramatist, was born in He has written and directed some of the best plays in. Edward Albee (), his plays include The Zoo Story (), The American Dream (), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (–62, Tony Award), Tiny. Peter and Jerry. act I: Homelife. Act II: The Zoo Story. By Edward Albee. Directed by Pam MacKinnon. Hartford Stage Company, Connecticut. 28 05
HOMELIFE EDWARD ALBEE PDF - Editorial Reviews. About the Author. Edward Albee, the American dramatist, was born in He has written and directed some of the best plays in. Edward Albee is credited as Director, Producer and Writer. Biography: Edward Albee was born on March 12, 1928 in Virginia.His adoptive father was Reed Albee, an heir to the Keith-Albee.
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Together these short plays form a complete story of Peter, a publishing executive; Ann, his wife; and Jerry, a stranger Peter meets in the park. The tension escalates in the next act, The Zoo Story. In an introduction to At Home at the Zoo: Homelife and the Zoo Story Albee explains why he decided to change his one-act play into a two-act play:.
Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo – Wikipedia
How did The Zoo Story become a two-act play? When I wrote The Zoo Story in it was my first play, so to speak.
No, I must be fair—it was junk, all of it. The Zoo Story seemed to be a much better piece—in fact, the first I felt had any individuality and merit.
It would seem I was right.
It hojelife gone on to have—at this writing—49 years of frequent performances and general acceptance. And … I though it was fine, though it nagged me just a bit that it seemed to be not quite a two-character play—Jerry being so much longer a role—but more a one-and-a-half-character one. Almost before I knew it, Homelife fell from my mind to the page … intact.
There was the Peter I had always known—a full three-dimensional person and—wow! At Home at the Zoo: Homelife and the Zoo Story.
First Performance as At Home at the Zoo: However, Homelife may only be performed as part of the full length play At Home at the Zoo. Works Explore the Works of Edward Albee.
Homelife and the Zoo Story Albee explains why he decided to change his one-act play into a two-act play: Full Length Play Acts:
