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Contents

Also by Edward Albee

Dedication

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ALSO BY EDWARD ALBEE

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.