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Italian rehearsal

Italian rehearsal noun: a rehearsal where the actors read their lines at high speed, without the accompanying acting.

Noun

Italian rehearsal (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

Forms of Italian rehearsal

pluralItalian rehearsals

Questions about Italian rehearsal

What does Italian rehearsal mean?
Italian rehearsal means a rehearsal where the actors read their lines at high speed, without the accompanying acting.
What part of speech is Italian rehearsal?
Italian rehearsal is a noun.
What is the plural of Italian rehearsal?
The plural of Italian rehearsal is Italian rehearsals.

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