Italian rehearsal

noun

A rehearsal where the actors read their lines at high speed, without the accompanying acting.

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nounItalian rehearsal (plural Italian rehearsals)

plural Italian rehearsals

  1. A rehearsal where the actors read their lines at high speed, without the accompanying acting.

    I have never been a fan of the Italian rehearsal, where actors run lines at double time. Saying lines without thinking is a pitfall actors need to avoid, not seek out.

    2011, William B. Davis, Where There's Smoke...: Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man, a Memoir
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