The Monkey's Paw, And Mrs. Morris

Plays and books are very different. Yet, they are very similar. Both can spark emotions and entertain us, but sometimes, plays are insufficient in certain parts of telling a story. Also, books have very great detail and tell the story in more depth.
As we all know, plays can only have a certain number of actors at a time. It’s not like they have a clown car where 100 actors can hop in and perform all at the same time. It just costs too much money. But, in books, you can have a million characters if you wanted! At the play, there were only five actors, that means that sometimes, they had to improvise on characters because they didn’t have enough cast. For example, in the story The Monkey’s Paw, Major Morris was the person to give the paw to Mr. White. But, in the play Major Morris was dead and the paw was given to Mr. White by Mrs. Morris. The cast didn’t have enough male actors so they had to make Major Morris into Mrs. Morris. …show more content…
In books, you can be anywhere you want to be! You could be in the gloomy, damp country of England sipping tea by a fire. Or you could be back in the 1800’s at the civil war! There are no limits! But in a play, there are limits. Most of the time, you can’t have a scene where you go upstairs or downstairs, due to the stage. You can’t show that it’s raining outside or that they were at a party and made a grand entrance into a gorgeous ballroom. For instance, in the story Legend of Sleepy Hollow, part of it takes place in the woods. Because of the stage, the cast couldn’t portray the woodsy feel, intensifying the suspense. In the book, they described the woods in great detail, that added more suspense to the story for me. Again, they are limited because of the stage, which kills some of the feel for the