Audience (play)

Audience (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 his best to keep the rest of the audience from wandering. The comedy ensues as Frayn holds a mirror up to us and we see our own foibles as audience members.


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