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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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The audience for the ceremony has been at around 8 million in recent years.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

As the embassy’s labor counselor, I was in the audience of the Trades Union Congress annual conference in Brighton when word came of a plane crashing into one of the Twin Towers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

"He's like, 'Yeah, it's a key to the White House. You just bring it, they'll let you in,'" Carney told an audience at the Canada Investment Summit.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

Some of the audience cheered - but there was almost immediate criticism online.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

The audience applauded, and Owen waved again as he herded George up to the podium.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

New features for TV audiences attempted to enhance the viewer experience, with athlete headshots, win probabilities and projected finishing positions flashing up on screen.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Live sports remain one of the few types of programming that can reliably draw large audiences, fueling a bidding war among media companies and streaming services.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

The box office success of "Obsession" has been the subject of much debate in Hollywood as the industry continues working to boost theater audiences to levels seen before the Covid-19 pandemic.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

Since the medium’s earliest days, Madison Avenue assumed that in households well-off enough to afford television sets, daytime audiences were mostly women who influenced household spending.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

Following the tradition established by Roland Hayes and other African American concert vocalists, she concluded each of her programs with a group of spirituals that often moved her audiences to tears.

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman




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