/?te?.b?l ?ri?d/anoccasionwhenactorsreadthescriptof afilm,televisionprogramme,play, etc. together, forexampletofindout if thescriptneedschangingin any way or if there are anyproductionproblems:Wemetfor atableread, with about fortystudioandnetworkpeoplelistening.At the firsttableread, we were alllaughingso hard we couldbarelyget through it.Synonymread-throughMore examples
One of the threescriptswill bechosentoreceiveatablereadwithindustryinfluencerspresent.
Often, theaudienceat thetablereadis the only one the show will have before itairs.
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