playgoer

Mitchell, a comic actor of great quiet humour and originality, who is well remembered and esteemed by London playgoers. I am happy to report of this deserving gentleman, that his benches are usually well filled, and that his theatre rings with merriment every night.

In his epilogue, Stanev describes the prologues and inductions to Jonson's plays that seek out a playgoer who is an "understander"--that is, "a discerning, sensibly-perceptive individual" (183).

It's like a playgoer being allowed to peep backstage.

In other words, there is no term corresponding to our term "playgoer."

McInnis, though, is at pains to point out that painted scenery 'acts as a form of external memory' to aid the playgoer's imagination rather than replace it (p.

Freelance drama critic Garrett Eisler is the author of the blog "The Playgoer." This fall he will be an assistant professor of theatre at Ithaca College.

This will prove a valuable source of background information both for the student and the playgoer. (T.A.L.)

Quiz of the Day ANSWERS: 1 Mack Sennett; 2 One which is limited to a specific area of the body; 3 Trafalgar Square; 4 Chianti is not fortified; 5 A playgoer who stood in the yard in front of the stage; 6 Charlton Athletic; 7 Bob Cratchit; 8 The Royle Family; 9 Blood pressure; 10 Wrestling.

For example, an apparently straightforward stage direction such as "enter a jailor" or "keeper" may be as elliptical or incomplete as "Exit corse" if such a figure would be assumed to have a distinctive costume and be carrying a large set of keys so as to convey to a playgoer a sense of enter in prison.