num_pages: 32
description: The Zoo Story is a one-act play by American playwright Edward Albee. His first play, it was written in 1958 and completed in just three weeks. The play explores themes of isolation, loneliness, miscommunication as anathematization, social disparity and dehumanization in a materialistic world.
language: English
title: The Zoo Story
titlecomplete: The Zoo Story
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, American, Drama, School, Literature, Read For School, Classics, 20th Century
ratings_count: 2865
places: Central Park, New York City, New York, Manhattan, New York City, New York, New York City, New York
publisher: Samuel French