The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?

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The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? is a provocative 2002 play by Edward Albee that explores taboo desire and the collapse of a seemingly successful family through dark comedy and tragedy.

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instanceOf play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
author Edward Albee ⓘ
awarded Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play ⓘ
linked to: Drama Desk Award

Tony Award for Best Play ⓘ
broadwayOpeningDate 2002-03-10 ⓘ
broadwayTheatre John Golden Theatre ⓘ
broadwayTransfer Yes ⓘ
centralCharacter Billy Gray ⓘ
Martin Gray ⓘ
Ross ⓘ
Stevie Gray ⓘ
characterRelationship Billy Gray is the son of Martin and Stevie Gray ⓘ
Martin Gray is married to Stevie Gray ⓘ
controversy provoked protests and debate over its depiction of bestiality ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception highly acclaimed ⓘ
dateOfPremiere 2002-02-10 ⓘ
genre dark comedy ⓘ
drama ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
tragicomedy ⓘ
mainTheme bestiality ⓘ
family collapse ⓘ
limits of tolerance ⓘ
marital breakdown ⓘ
moral hypocrisy ⓘ
otherness ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
social norms ⓘ
taboo desire ⓘ
nominatedFor Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
notableFor blend of comedy and tragedy ⓘ
controversial subject matter ⓘ
numberOfActs 2 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf late career works of Edward Albee ⓘ
placeOfPremiere New York City ⓘ
plotSummary A successful architect’s confession of love for a goat destroys his marriage and family. ⓘ
premiereTheatre Off-Broadway ⓘ
setting contemporary American city ⓘ
structure dialogue-driven ⓘ
style absurdist elements ⓘ
realist domestic setting ⓘ
subjectMatter bestiality as a metaphor for transgressive love ⓘ
titleAlludesTo Who is Silvia? from William Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona ⓘ
linked to: Silvia
writer Edward Albee ⓘ
yearOfWork 2002 ⓘ

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Edward Albee → notableWork → The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? ⓘ
George C. Wolfe → notableWork → The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? (Broadway production) ⓘ
linked to: The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
Mercedes Ruehl → notableStageAppearance → The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? ⓘ
Daryl Roth → notableWork → The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? ⓘ
Stevie Gray → appearsInWork → The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? ⓘ
Stevie Gray → partOfFictionalUniverse → The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? universe ⓘ
linked to: The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
Martin Gray → appearsInWork → The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? ⓘ
Martin Gray → protagonistOf → The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? ⓘ
Martin Gray → firstAppearanceIn → The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? ⓘ
Billy Gray → appearsIn → The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? ⓘ
Matthew Byam Shaw → notableWork → The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? (London production) ⓘ
linked to: The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
Martin Gray → appearsIn → The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? ⓘ
Martin Gray → firstAppearance → The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? (2002 play) ⓘ
linked to: The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
Roger Berlind → notableWork → The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? ⓘ
Frederick M. Zollo → notableWork → The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? ⓘ