
It is a symbol of the fact that Mommy and Daddy treat her like a child, rather than a wise elder worthy of respect.

Sandbox (Symbol) The sandbox is where Grandma is placed and where she dies in the play. Each person has to pull out his or her own meanings.įurthermore, what does the sandbox symbolize? The characters of the play each take on a personal outlook and each with a roll in life. On the occasion of World Theatre Day (WTD) March 27, the documentary was broadcast that day in 2015 by the Greek TV network of Public Television.The sandbox by Edward Albee is a play that conveys an underlying message of elderly care, senility and death. (2014), directed by Eliana Perifanou and Maria Sidiropoulou, was filmed mainly during the rehearsals and the performance of "The Zoo Story", depicting the work of this exquisite theatre group.

After the performances in Athens, the production continued on tour in other cities of Greece with a fine cast which also included Vassilis Oikonomou, Christina Toumba, Giorgos Iliakis, Maria Mourelatou, Efi Toumba, Aimiliani Avraam and Marina Besiri in roles of persons that come from Jerry's narration, and in their way of existing in his state of being, they get life on stage, some of them in animal figures. The park bench (where Peter meets Jerry) was theatrically 'transcribed' in the wheelchair used by Panos Zournatzidis, the excellent actor who played Peter, and the production was noted as an acclaimed performance, brilliantly directed by Vassilis Oikonomou. In 2014, his first one-act play "The Zoo Story" was staged in Athens, Greece, by THEAMA (Theatre for Disabled People), the first and internationally acclaimed Greek theatre consisted of disabled actors in its main composition (such as the renowned actor and director Vassilis Oikonomou who founded THEAMA in 2010, Panos Zournatzidis, Marina Besiri, Christina Toumba, Giorgos Iliakis and Maria Mourelatou) as well as by non-disabled ones (such as Michalis Tamboukas who played Jerry in "The Zoo Story", Aimiliani Avraam and Efi Toumba).
