Since I haven't read many plays, I can relate most to enjoying novels more than seeing movies based on those novels. Most of the time, like the author describes, the movie doesn't compare to what I imagined in my mind as I read the book. The director's interpretation of the book, or how the director chooses to portray the book on the movie screen, takes away from the original author's work (and the reader's ability to imagine his or her own interpretation--including how the characters look and how their voices sound).
Looking back on the plays that I have read, I feel the same way about them as I do novels. Despite my high school teachers' control of how the Shakespearean plays we read were interpreted, I was still able to enjoy imagining what the plays looked and sounded like. I look forward to gaining more experience reading plays and experiencing what Albee has.
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