The Theme of Change and Transition in The Sandbox by Edward Albee

This is an essay written by an author who read Edward Albee's The Sandbox and saw the play and communicated how their perspective changed. They wrote that when they read the book, it seemed trite and dull. The author initially thought the story was about a family that had such a constricting daily life that they could not deal with anything unexpected. As the author watched the play, they learned that the story was more about the family learning how to cope with an elderly parent and how the roles of child and parent had changed. Not only this, but the "mom" of the household had to learn how to face that she would be losing her mother soon. The whole family had to learn how to deal with change and transition.
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