Customer Reviews

The Zoo Story and The Sandbox - Acting Edition

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Edward Albee's "The Zoo Story" analyzes the mind of the emotionally and physically afflicted man in search of direction, if you will, or at least an apt form of comfort. It is creatively set in one scene - one simple setting that, in a way, hints at the realism of the play and how such a situation should not be thought of as uncommon to man; for there are many emotionally and physically afflicted men in search of comfort, and, in the same simplicity of the development of this story, we, who are accountable for our human race, can provide an apt form of comfort that does not involve death, but rather life.

This play was a requirement for one of my courses and showed up in great condition. The price was comparable to the campus bookstore.

If you don't like him, you don't get him. Read it again.

These plays are highly thought provoking and flow very well. Both have odd plots that keep you interested. The obviously stronger of the two, The Zoo Story, combines comedy with drama in a very interesting way. Only four stars because reading the play does not substitute for seeing the play's production with all the interaction.