Setting!

There are many differences between the setting in a play and the setting in a novel and story. In a play, unfortunately the setting can only be so limited. Although in a play, the visual props and sets can only be as realistic as you can imagine. Because at the end of the day, Darcy really isn't bathing and swimming in a lake... he is "swimming" behind a blue see-through drape that is assumed to be water. So although sets in plays can be quite beautiful and astonishing, at the end of the day it is more about the acting and the story. But with novels and books it is completely different. The setting is in your mind, so it is really up to your imagination to decide what the set will look like. Because the story might state that in this scene that they are at a beach, but your beach might be different from my beach, so really it is up to your mind and your imagination, which is really beautiful.