Bring on the tough stuff - there’s not just one right answer.
- Albee has written a prequel to The Zoo Story called Homelife. How do you think a prequel, or an additional act, would change the play?
- How would The Zoo Story be changed if Jerry and Peter were women? If one of them was a woman?
- Jerry gets several extremely long speeches; Peter does not. Why is that? How would the play change if Peter were the one who got to babble on at great length?
- The Zoo Story was originally titled Peter and Jerry. Does the different title change the meaning of the play? If so, how?
- What is the zoo story? What do you think happened to Jerry at the zoo? Why doesn't Albee tell you?