The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?

The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?
Book cover (Methuen)
Written by	Edward Albee
Characters	Martin Stevie Billy Ross
Date premiered	March 10, 2002
Place premiered	John Golden Theatre New York City, New York
Original language	English
Genre	Drama
Setting	Drama

The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia? is a full-length play written by Edward Albee which opened on Broadway in 2002. It won the 2002 Tony Award for Best Play, the 2002 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, and was a finalist for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

The play premiered on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre on March 10, 2002, and closed on December 15, 2002, after 309 performances and 23 previews. Directed by David Esbjornson, the cast featured Bill Pullman (Martin), Mercedes Ruehl (Stevie), Jeffrey Carlson, and Stephen Rowe. On September 13, 2002, Bill Irwin took on the role of Martin, and Sally Field took the role of Stevie.

The European premiere took place at Vienna's English Theatre in March to May 2003. Directed by Pam MacKinnon, the cast was Laurence Lau (Martin), Jurian Hughes (Stevie), Howard Nightingall (Ross), and Michael Zlabinger (Billy).

The play ran in the UK at the Almeida Theatre in Islington and transferred to the West End at the Apollo Theatre on April 15, 2004, closing on August 7, 2004. Directed by Anthony Page, the cast featured Jonathan Pryce (Martin), Kate Fahy (Stevie), Matthew Marsh (Ross) and Eddie Redmayne.

The play was produced in NSW, Australia by the State Theatre of South Australia at the Seymour Centre (Sydney), from April 6 to May 7, 2006. Directed by Marion Potts, the cast featured William Zappa, Victoria Longley, Cameron Goodall and Pip Miller.