Edward Albee. The Zoo Story. Peter, a publishing executive, is reading on his favorite bench in New York City’s Central Park. CHARACTERS. critical, which has greeted Albee's the realization that Albee's are tra The Zoo Story leads one to ditional specu The Zoo Story, one-act play by Edward Albee, produced and published in, about an isolated young man desperate to interact with other people. This document provides an excerpt from the play The Zoo The acclaim, both popular his and theme. JERRY: A