play to an audience

  • 1Audience theory — is an element of thinking that developed within academic literary theory and cultural studies. With a specific focus on rhetoric, some, such as Walter Ong, have suggested that the audience is a construct made up by the rhetoric and the rhetorical …

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  • 2Audience (play) — Audience is a 1991 play by British playwright Michael Frayn.The play works on the idea that the characters in the play are actually watching you, the audience, expecting you to perform. The playwright of the play is also in the audience, and does …

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  • 3Play (Moby album) — Play Studio album by Moby Released May 17, 1999 Recor …

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  • 4Play School (Australian TV series) — Play School Genre Children s television Written by Henrietta Clark Presented by see Presenters Theme music composer Richard Connolly (lyrics by Rosemary Milne) …

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  • 5Play Without a Title — Play Without a Title, or Untitled Play (Comedia sin título), is an unfinished experimental play by the Spanish twentieth century modernist playwright Federico García Lorca. Lorca conceived the work as a three act drama and had referred to it by… …

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  • 6play to the gallery — {v. phr.} To try to get the approval of the audience. * /Whenever John recites in class he seems to be playing to the gallery./ * /The lawyer for the defense was more interested in playing to the gallery than in winning the case./ Compare: SHOW… …

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  • 7play to the gallery — {v. phr.} To try to get the approval of the audience. * /Whenever John recites in class he seems to be playing to the gallery./ * /The lawyer for the defense was more interested in playing to the gallery than in winning the case./ Compare: SHOW… …

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  • 8Play Without a Title (Lorca) — Play Without a Title , or Untitled Play ( Comedia sin título ), is an unfinished experimental play by the Spanish twentieth century modernist playwright Federico García Lorca. Lorca conceived the work as a three act drama and had referred to it… …

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  • 9Audience — Au di*ence, n. [F. audience, L. audientia, fr. audire to hear. See {Audible}, a.] 1. The act of hearing; attention to sounds. [1913 Webster] Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Admittance to a hearing; a… …

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  • 10audience — Au di*ence, n. [F. audience, L. audientia, fr. audire to hear. See {Audible}, a.] 1. The act of hearing; attention to sounds. [1913 Webster] Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Admittance to a hearing; a… …

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