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Italian rehearsal
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A rehearsal where the actors read their lines at high speed, without the accompanying acting.
en 2011 William B. Davis Where There's Smoke...: Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man, a Memoir 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.