Play are meant to be experienced on stage. Still, there are advantages to reading a play. For this activity, you are to read this article from the New York Times on the pleasures of reading plays. Then, after you have finished the article, write a reflection on your own experience reading plays and then watching them. Have you been able to "submit to a play's spell without the stage"?
Copy this link to your browser. [ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/theater/theaterspecial/07plays.html?emc=eta1 ]
Critic: Submitting to a Play's Spell, Without the Stage
By DWIGHT GARNER
A critic reads four Tony Award- nominated plays, having seen none of the productions.