In Popular Culture
The Zoo Story is referenced in the film Grumpy Old Men.
The Zoo Story is a central element in the novel "Qiṣṣat hadīqat al-ḥayawān" (The zoo story), by Moroccan playwright and novelist Yūsuf Fāḍil, published Dār al-Fanak, Casablanca, 2008, which deals with the milieu of actors and playwrights in 1970s Morocco and Moroccans in Paris. The two main characters of the novel, Al-Sīmū and Rašīd, want to perform a Moroccan version of the play, but their copy of Albee's work is missing essential pages.
The Zoo Story was adapted by film legend John Loose. However, the film never saw theatrical release, due to Albee refusing Loose film rights to the play. Albee did not feel "comfortable" giving up the rights to the play. John Loose has not been available for comment for forty years. There are currently no known copies of the film in circulation, barring the one owned by Loose.
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