The witnesses, unaware that all three were actors following a script, were then taken outside and quizzed about what they had seen and heard.

And he even sounds like a teacher: stern, vaguely distracted, following a script that was written a hundred years ago.

One knows what's going to happen, but goes through the motions anyway, like an actor following a script laid out by one's unconscious mind.

They were following a script written by Julian Fellowes, who earned an Oscar for it.

And Concern, following a well-traveled script, will come by van from Maryland on Friday.

Following a carefully prepared script, I show hints of other faces.

Dante spoke to the neo-cymek forces, following a carefully planned script.

A skeleton staff answered the phones, following a hypnotically consistent script.

Freemasons conduct their degree work, often from memory, following a preset script and ritualised format.

Following a strict script, a marshal who must reload tells his partners to cover him, then announces when he is done.