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ISBN 978-1-4683-0752-8
Also by Edward Albee
Copyright
Dedication
Scene One
Scene Two
Scene Three
The Zoo Story
The Death of Bessie Smith
The Sandbox
Fam and Yam
The American Dream
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
The Ballad of the Sad Café
Tiny Alice
Malcolm
A Delicate Balance
Everything in the Garden
Box and Quotations from Mao Tse-Tung
All Over
Seascape
Listening
Counting the Ways
The Lady from Dubuque
The Man Who Had Three Arms
Marriage Play
Finding the Sun
Three Tall Women
Fragments—A Concerto Grosso
The Play about the Baby
Occupant
For Liz McCann
—because
The Goat had its world premiere in New York City on March 10, 2002, at the Golden Theatre, produced by Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Daryl Roth, Carole Shorenstein Hays, Terry Allen Kramer, Scott Rudin, Bob Boyett, Scott Nederlander, and Sine/ZPI. It was directed by David Esbjornson, with the following cast:
Stevie |
Mercedes Ruehl |
Martin |
Bill Pullman |
Ross |
Stephen Rowe |
Billy |
Jeffrey Carlson |
The scenic design was by John Arnone, costume design by Elizabeth Hope Clancy, lighting design by Kenneth Posner, and sound design by Mark Bennett. The production stage manager was Erica Schwartz. The general manager was Joey Parnes. The company manager was Elizabeth Blitzer. The casting was done by Bernard Telsey Casting. The press representative was Sam Rudy of Shirley Herz Associates.
On September 13, 2002, the roles of Stevie and Martin were taken over by Sally Field and Bill Irwin, respectively.