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Actor gives reading at new production (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tragedian

'actor' is the definition.
(tragedian is a kind of actor)

'reading at new production' is the wordplay.
'new production' is an anagram indicator.
'reading'+'at'='readingat'
'readingat' with letters rearranged gives 'TRAGEDIAN'.

'gives' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tragedian that I've seen before include "Serious actor" , "Egad, I rant about actor in sad drama" , "Dramatist" , "A great din (anag) - actor" , "actor in Macbeth?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Telegraph.
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