Is One Less Because Another's More?

A script is continuous dialogue occasionally interrupted with often vague actions, expressions, and/or descriptions. A play puts voices and movement to these words, and a production puts on a performance. A performance entails the cohesion of dialogue, action, and expression, which is then accompanied by sound effects, costuming, and set design and layout. A script is the barebones of a performance. It is "obviously less" than both a play and a production in terms of sensory fulfillment. It is words on paper, and as a result, a  script requires a great deal of imagination on the part of the reader. The must create a created picture in their own minds, which leaves it more open to interpretation than either a play or production. A play offers more visually and audibly, but a production tends to appeal to all the senses of an audience member. As the detail increases from script to production, the interpretation of the text can become more narrowed. I believe that a production offers more to our senses, but appeals less to a reader's imagination. I don't believe a script is less because there isn't more to see. In some cases, it can be more because it's up to you what to make of it. This class covers the melding of both literature and performance- a common ground between a script and a production. It explores both individually, but also the area where the tend to overlap- plays.