The beast is still scratching at the door, howling, demanding to be let in. And Edward Albee is never going to let us forget its existence, not as long as his plays are being read and produced. On the evidence of “Peter and Jerry,” the beautifully acted double bill at the Second Stage Theater under the direction of Pam MacKinnon, that should be for many years to come. A palate-whetting curtain-raiser to a season plump with plays by Mr. Albee, who turns 80 in March, “Peter and Jerry” twins “The Zoo Story,” his first play (written in 1958), with “Homelife,” a companion piece written six years ago, now receiving its New York premiere. There are telling differences in inflection and timber between these creations of a man in his 20’s and his 70’s. But there is no mistaking that they are products of one enduring and consistent voice, a voice unparalleled in American theater for its surgical elegance in exploring the animal in humanity.
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