The American dream ; and The zoo story : two plays / by Edward Albee.The American dream ; and The zoo story : two plays / by Edward Albee.
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The American dream ; and The zoo story : two plays / by Edward Albee.
Description
127 p. ; 18 cm.
Collection
Contenu
The American dream. -- The zoo story ; 2 characters (2 men).
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THE AMERICAN DREAM : Mommy and Daddy sit in a barren living room making small talk. Mommy, the domineering wife, is grappling with the thought of putting Grandma in a nursing home. Daddy, the long-suffering husband, could not care less. Grandma appears, lugging boxes of belongings, which she stacks by the door. Mommy and Daddy can't imagine what's in those boxes, but Grandma is well aware of Mommy's possible intentions. Mrs. Barker, the chairman of the women's club, arrives, not knowing why she is there. Is she there to take Grandma away? Apparently not. It all becomes evident when Grandma reveals to Mrs. Barker the story of the botched adoption of a "bumble of joy" twenty years ago by Mommy and Daddy. Mrs. Barker appears to have figured it out when Young Man enters. He's muscular, well-spoken, the answer to Mommy and Daddy's prayers: The American Dream. Grandma convinces him to assist in her master plan. She puts one over on everybody and escapes the absurdly realistic world which she finds so predictable.
THE ZOO STORY : To escape his wife, two daughters and two parakeets Peter sits on a bench in Central Park, reading and thinking. Jerry joins him, having just been to the zoo. He draws the unwilling Peter into conversation and extracts information from him. In return Jerry supplies Peter with a curious medley of information about his wanderings in New York. The outcome of the meeting is a willing death for one of them.
Production
2m, 3w.
First public performance : York playhouse, on January 24, 1961, New York (Unites States).
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Caractéristiques
Men
Cote
D A328a 1961
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