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/plˈeɪɡəʊə/
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1. Certainly, there are overtones of frustration here at the play-makers’ lack of control over playgoers’ engagements, emphasising the variety, individuation and unpredictability of playhouse response.
2. Certainly, dramatizations of visual interpretation could have practical benefits, for instance conveying information to playgoers lacking a clear view, or clarifying stage business and visual symbolism that some may not undersatnd even if they can see it.
3. Yet more telling are complaints about playgoers’ ill-judged attempts to engage through anything other than a balanced combination of ear and eye.
4. Such moments seem fairly obviously designed to draw playgoers’ attention to particular sights, both through the imperative phrases themselves and the onstage performances of visual scrutiny that characters duly offer.
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