表演话剧是一种艺术。艺术的表演有三方面:第一在曲曲传达作者的思想、情感或态度;第二在反射演员自身的思想、情感或态度;第三在激起听众的思想、情感或态度。要达到第一种目的,演员对于剧本的主旨,必须了解得很透彻;剧中情节,揣摩得很纯熟。要实现第二种目的,演员需置身剧中,如亲历其境,一言一动,均有真情的流露。能达到如此地步,自能引起听众的同情;因为情感是富于传染性的(Emotion is Contagious),所以话剧表演得好,不单是演员的神态逼真,就是听众也忘其所以,仿佛身在剧中,剧中的悲欢离合,就是自己的悲欢离合。从这一方面看, Performing drama is an art. The performance of art has three aspects: first, to convey the author’s thoughts, emotions or attitudes in the song; second, to reflect the actor’s own thoughts, emotions or attitudes; and third, to arouse the audience’s thoughts, emotions or attitudes. To achieve the first purpose, the actors must understand the subject of the script very thoroughly; the plot in the play can be considered very skillful. To achieve the second purpose, the actors need to be in the play, such as witnessed the situation, a word move, have the truth revealed. To achieve such a degree of self-ancestorship can arouse the audience’s sympathy; because emotions are contagious (Emotion is Contagious), so the drama performed well, not only the actress vivid, is the audience forget it, as if in the drama In the drama of the joys and sorrows, is their joys and sorrows. From this perspective,