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What were the large working-class audiences at 17th-century theaters called?

audience

[aw-dee-uhns] / ˈɔ di əns /




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Parvesh Cheena, the designated “man” in this company of “wives,” plays to the audience a bit too vociferously for laughs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

"It was a special season for me," Fernandes told an appreciative audience.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

“For Geely, globalization is not a solo sprint,” Alex Nan, vice president of Geely Auto, told the audience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Are you starting there to challenge yourself or challenge your audience, or is it just because you think it’s funny?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Even confronted with that, there are still doctors in the audience who don't believe that the tamping iron went through Phineas's brain.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

"The idea of a possessed and frightening mom, played by Jessica Chastain, is attracting audiences and should work around the world, before poor word-of-mouth catches up with it."

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

"It has no life experience to draw from, no emotion, and, from what we've seen, audiences aren't interested in watching computer-generated content untethered from the human experience," they wrote.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The love audiences still hold for “Pan’s Labyrinth” is a testament to this sentiment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

In 1988, he founded Luaka Bop, a record label whose influential compilations have introduced American audiences to lesser-known classics of world pop and psychedelia, such as Brazil’s Os Mutantes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

That Greek jokes fell flat on Latin ears should not surprise us; Shakespeare’s jokes don’t cause most modern audiences to fall about either.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith




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