My Mother Said I Never Looks Like It

ou’ve decided to act out a scene or perhaps you have a production to stage or you have to do a scripted performance. Where do you start? What’s the difference between devising a performance and performing someone else’s words?
Your starting point is looking at the script. Take your instructions from there.
What a script tells you

You’ll be given the dramatis personae or cast list. Generally that will include a brief note, indicating any crucial contextual details such as a character’s age and their profession.
The cast list from Charlotte Keatley’s play, My Mother Said I Never Should, looks like this:
Doris