Script VS. Paly

In my opinion, I wholeheartedly agree with the statement from HOW TO READ A PLAY that, “a script is obviously less than a play, while a production is more”. As for me, a script is static, while a play is actually alive. A script only contains dialogue and crucial movements of actors, like a map we could find anywhere. Nevertheless, a play requires a lot more design of sets, actions and emotions, which is similar to the experience that I am really standing in a strange city, using a map to figure out my way. I might choose the wrong turn and therefore spend a long time loosing in the huge city, orI might understand the map correctly and easily find out my destination. This is a play, filled with uncertainties and challenges, filled with amazements and surprises. For me, I should firstly learn to understand the script, the language and the hidden information. After that, the more important part is that I should learn to express the emotions and to put myself in to the script. In conclusion, the production of performing is not acting to be someone but actually becoming someone with my own traits.