The zoo story. The death of Bessie Smith. The sandbox. The American dream |
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... story writer , something— but I had not dreamed of playwriting until all of a sudden I did it . Thereafter , of course , inevitability set in and the endless ride began . Shortly after The Zoo Story was completed , and while it was ...
... story writer , something— but I had not dreamed of playwriting until all of a sudden I did it . Thereafter , of course , inevitability set in and the endless ride began . Shortly after The Zoo Story was completed , and while it was ...
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... zoo ? JERRY ( Distantly ) The what ? PETER The zoo ; the zoo . Something about the zoo . The zoo ? JERRY PETER You've mentioned it several times . JERRY ( Still distant , but returning abruptly ) The 26 THE ZOO STORY.
... zoo ? JERRY ( Distantly ) The what ? PETER The zoo ; the zoo . Something about the zoo . The zoo ? JERRY PETER You've mentioned it several times . JERRY ( Still distant , but returning abruptly ) The 26 THE ZOO STORY.
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... But , if it's a zoo , that's the way it is . ( He pokes PETER on the arm ) Move over . I'm sorry , PETER ( Friendly ) haven't you enough room ? ( He shifts a little ) JERRY ( Smiling slightly ) Well , all the animals 48 THE ZOO STORY.
... But , if it's a zoo , that's the way it is . ( He pokes PETER on the arm ) Move over . I'm sorry , PETER ( Friendly ) haven't you enough room ? ( He shifts a little ) JERRY ( Smiling slightly ) Well , all the animals 48 THE ZOO STORY.
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American Dream BARKER GRANDMA BARKER MOMMY BARKER Oh beige bench BERNIE Bessie Smith better boxes bumble calisthenics Cord automobile DADDY Grandma DADDY MOMMY DADDY Yes damn David Diamond dear door EDWARD ALBEE exits face FATHER NURSE feel Francisco Franco Giggles goddam gotta GRANDMA MOMMY GRANDMA Oh GRANDMA YOUNG hamburger hear hello honey hospital hunh JACK JERRY PETER lady Laughs listen look Lordy ma'am married mayor mean mind MOMMY and DADDY MOMMY DADDY MOMMY GRANDMA MOMMY Oh move Music MUSICIAN nice nigger NURSE INTERN NURSE Oh ORDERLY NURSE parakeets pause Pekinese PETER JERRY PETER Oh sandbox sauterne SCENE SECOND NURSE shakes his head sick smile sorry stage stage-left stop suppose sure talk tell there's things told Unh-hunh wait watch What's woman Yeah Yoo-hoo YOUNG MAN GRANDMA YOUNG MAN Oh Zoo Story