The Bench
There's not a whole lot of scenery specified in The Zoo Story. But the one specific thing Albee calls for, the one thing you absolutely have to have if you're going to stage The Zoo Story, is "two...
The Dog
The dog, I think I told you, is a black monster of a beast: an oversized head, tiny, tiny ears, and eyes…bloodshot, infected, maybe; and a body you can see the ribs through the skin. (157) That's...
Knife
When your play mentions Sigmund Freud right at the beginning (17), you can probably expect a phallic symbol to appear somewhere along the way. You've got to wait a while for it, but the phallic doe...
The Zoo
It's worth pointing out that The Zoo Story as a title is important because it's not what the play is about. Jerry keeps saying he'll talk about the zoo, but he never does. The play is about what do...