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The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?

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START: Something can happen that’s outside the rules, that doesn’t relate to The Way the Game is Played. Death, before you’re ready to even think about it--that’s part of the game.

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END: “Well, I wonder when he’ll start cruising livestock. I must ask Mother whether Dad did it and how she handled it.” No, that’s the one thing you haven’t thought about--nor could you conceive of.

For full extended monologue, please refer to the script edition cited here: Edward Albee, “The Goat or, Who is Sylvia” in The Collected Plays of Edward Albee Vol. 3, Overlook Duckworth, 2008, p.581.

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