Related Clues:

• Act like a thespian
• Be melodramatic on stage
• Is this how to turn e-reader perhaps into theatrical feeling in film?
• Frustrate the director, perhaps
• Ham it up as Hamlet
• Overplay the part
• Do one's part poorly?
• Not act subtly
• Overdo one's lines
• Go over the top, on stage
• Be Jim Carrey when you should be George Clooney
• Tread the boards heavily
• Act the wrong way?
• Overdo, onstage
• Act the ham in "Hamlet"