I've never read a play before, and it was an interesting sight to see what is necessary to make a play any good. The core idea of Charlie and the chocolate factory are as present as ever (which i only knew from the old movie) and each scene is fantastic. The added details in the back for ideas to populate and decorate the stage is also very interesting. I only wish that the lighting examples would have been explained a bit more, but that wasn't the goal of this book.