The Zoo Story
By: Edward Albee
3.90
Format: 42 pages, Paperback
The Zoo Story is a one-act play by American playwright Edward Albee. His first play, it was written…
Want to Read"Sometimes it’s necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly."-Edward Albee, The Zoo Story
"Sometimes it’s necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly."-Edward Albee, The Zoo Story
"Now, here is what I had wanted to happen: I had tried to love, and I had tried to kill, and both had been unsuccessful by themselves."-Edward Albee, The Zoo Story
"Now, here is what I had wanted to happen: I had tried to love, and I had tried to kill, and both had been unsuccessful by themselves."-Edward Albee, The Zoo Story
If you liked the plays plot in The Zoo Story by Edward Albee , here is a list of 13 books like this:
1. Top Girls
By: Caryl Churchill
3.58
Format: 87 pages, Paperback
Set in the early Thatcher years, Top Girls is a seminal play of the modern theatre, revealing a wor… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Caryl Churchill's Top Girls book and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story
- classics
- school
- read for school
- theatre
- 20th century
- fiction
- plays
- drama
2. La Cantatrice chauve
By: Eugène Ionesco
3.76
Format: 149 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Tout le monde la connaît. Peu peuvent l'expliquer. C'est ce que fait à merveille Emmanuel Jacquart,… read more
Want to Read $ 7.99Similar categories in Eugène Ionesco's La Cantatrice chauve book and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story
- classics
- school
- read for school
- theatre
- 20th century
- fiction
- plays
- drama
"Mme Martin: Quelle est la morale ? Le Pompier: C'est à vous de la trouver."-Eugène Ionesco, La Cantatrice chauve
3. The Cocktail Party
By: T.S. Eliot
3.74
Format: 167 pages, Paperback
'Eliot has attempted here something very daring and well worth doing. He has taken the ordinary Wes… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in T.S. Eliot's The Cocktail Party book and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story
- classics
- american
- literature
- theatre
- 20th century
- fiction
- plays
- drama
"Disillusion can become itself an illusion If we rest in it."-T.S. Eliot, The Cocktail Party
"There's no memory you can wrap in camphor But the moths will get in."-T.S. Eliot, The Cocktail Party
"Half the harm that is done in this world Is due to people who want to feel important."-T.S. Eliot, The Cocktail Party
"What you've been living on is an image of Celia Which you made for yourself, to meet your own needs."-T.S. Eliot, The Cocktail Party
4. Waiting for Godot
By: Samuel Beckett
3.63
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Cuando en 1953 se estreno en Paris Esperando a Godot, casi nadie sabia quien era Samuel Beckett, sa… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot book and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story
- classics
- school
- literature
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
5. The Zoo Story
By: Edward Albee
3.90
Format: 42 pages, Paperback
The Zoo Story is a one-act play by American playwright Edward Albee. His first play, it was written… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Edward Albee's The Zoo Story book and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story
- classics
- american
- school
- literature
- read for school
- theatre
- 20th century
- fiction
- plays
- drama
"Sometimes it’s necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly."-Edward Albee, The Zoo Story
"Now, here is what I had wanted to happen: I had tried to love, and I had tried to kill, and both had been unsuccessful by themselves."-Edward Albee, The Zoo Story
6. Buried Child
By: Sam Shepard
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A newly revised edition of an American classic, Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize winning Buried Childis… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Sam Shepard's Buried Child book and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story
- classics
- american
- school
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
7. Happy Days
By: Samuel Beckett
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
In 'Happy Days, ' Beckett pursues his relentless search for the meaning of existence, probing the t… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Samuel Beckett's Happy Days book and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story
- classics
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
8. The Caretaker
By: Harold Pinter
3.51
Format: None pages, Paperback
This play was first performed in 1960. Harold Pinter specializes in the tragicomedy of the breakdow… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker book and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story
- classics
- theatre
- fiction
- 20th century
- plays
- drama
9. Betrayal
By: Harold Pinter
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
Betrayalis Pinter's latest full-length play since the enormous success of No Man's Land. The play b… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Harold Pinter's Betrayal book and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story
- classics
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
10. Death of a Salesman
By: Arthur Miller
3.57
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
'For a salesman, there is no rock bottom to life. He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell you t… read more
Want to Read $ 4.99Similar categories in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman book and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story
- classics
- american
- school
- literature
- read for school
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
"I’m tired to the death."-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
"LINDA [with infinite patience]"-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
"Be liked and you will never want."-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
"I'm losing weight, you notice, Pop?"-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
11. Les Bonnes
By: Jean Genet
3.60
Format: 222 pages, Pocket Book
The Maids (Les Bonnes) is Jean Genet's most oft-revived work for the stage. First performed in Pari… read more
Want to Read $ 8.99Similar categories in Jean Genet's Les Bonnes book and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story
- classics
- school
- read for school
- theatre
- 20th century
- fiction
- plays
- drama
"I, his mistress, mad with grief, shall follow him...I shall share his glory. You speak of widowhood and deny me the white gown - the mourning of queens."-Jean Genet, Les Bonnes
12. Long Day's Journey Into Night
By: Eugene O'Neill
3.89
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical play Long Day's Journey into Night is regarded as his finest work… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night book and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story
13. The Hairy Ape
By: Eugene O'Neill
3.75
Format: None pages,
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (1888-1953) was a Nobel prize winning American playwright. More than any o… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Eugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape book and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story
14. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
By: Tennessee Williams
4.06
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof first heated up Broadway in 1955 with its gothic American story of brothers v… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof book and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story
- classics
- american
- school
- literature
- theatre
- 20th century
- fiction
- plays
- drama
"BRICK [to the moon]: I envy you--you cool son of a bitch."-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
"We mustn't scream at each other, the walls in this house have ears..."-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
"Maggie, we're through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door."-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
"A drinking man's someone who wants to forget he isn't still young and believing"-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
15. The Lieutenant of Inishmore
By: Martin McDonagh
4.15
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
A farcical look at political violence as it's played out during The Troublesin Northern Ireland aga… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore book and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story
16. The Birthday Party
By: Harold Pinter
3.23
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Stanley Webber is visited in his boarding house by strangers, Goldberg and McCann. An innocent-seem… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party book and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story
17. The Dumb Waiter
By: Harold Pinter
3.72
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
One of his most recognized and acclaimed plays, Harold Pinter’s “The Dumb Waiter” is a humorous and… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter book and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story
- classics
- school
- theatre
- fiction
- 20th century
- plays
- drama
18. Trifles
By: Susan Glaspell
4.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Trifles is a one-act play by Susan Glaspell. Her short story, "A Jury of Her Peers", was adapted fr… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Susan Glaspell's Trifles book and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story
19. The Glass Menagerie
By: Tennessee Williams
4.90
Format: None pages, Paperback
The story of a mother, her son and daughter, and her daughter's suitor that brings to life human be… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie book and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story
20. Burned Out
By: Dean Mafako
4.30
Format: 526 pages, Paperback
Eric Philson came to the Children's Hospital of Biloxi with a goal ― to build the cardiac intensive… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Dean Mafako's Burned Out book and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story
- fiction
"The entire belief was insulting to many of us, but nonetheless, the term “top trained,"-Dean Mafako, Burned Out
"The hypocrisy was too much to bear, the institution was paying over a million dollars for Mr. Hyde to perform “values training"-Dean Mafako, Burned Out
"When I arrived, I did the job of six people and worked over one hundred hours per week for more than a year until I collapsed in my yard and nearly died!"-Dean Mafako, Burned Out
"One of the greatest realizations that I clumsily stumbled upon during this process, was that these people didn’t need someone like me to tell them what to do; they needed someone like me to show them…"-Dean Mafako, Burned Out
21. Growing Up American: A Novel
By: Rafael Polo
4.29
Format: 92 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1959, the Cold War was getting warmer. Cuba was the revolutionary fuel that made it hot. When Fi… read more
Want to Read $ 9.64Similar categories in Rafael Polo's Growing Up American: A Novel book and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story
"When power becomes the ultimate goal, freedom must be shackled."-Rafael Polo, Growing Up American: A Novel
"At last, he fully understood that change comes from within. It was up to him to get up and fight for a better life."-Rafael Polo, Growing Up American: A Novel
"It became visible as a firefly in the dark that the political climate was swiftly getting more and more oppressive."-Rafael Polo, Growing Up American: A Novel
"His family could not understand the attraction to Marxism. It offered nothing and demanded everything, including your soul."-Rafael Polo, Growing Up American: A Novel
