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Search phrase: audience

Plays

 33 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Antony and CleopatraAC I.iv.7More womanly than he; hardly gave audience, orMore Womanly then he. Hardly gaue audience / Or
Antony and CleopatraAC II.ii.78.1Did gibe my missive out of audience.Did gibe my Misiue out of audience.
Antony and CleopatraAC III.vi.18That day appeared, and oft before gave audience,That day appeer'd, and oft before gaue audience,
Antony and CleopatraAC III.xii.21Of audience nor desire shall fail, so sheOf Audience, nor Desire shall faile, so shee
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.231Give me audience, good madam.Giue me audience, good Madam.
As You Like ItAYL V.iv.148Let me have audience for a word or two.Let me haue audience for a word or two:
CoriolanusCor II.i.68day of audience. When you are hearing a matter betweenday of Audience. When you are hearing a matter betweene
CoriolanusCor III.iii.40List to your Tribunes. Audience! Peace, I say!List to your Tribunes. Audience: / Peace I say.
HamletHam I.iii.93Have of your audience been most free and bounteous.Haue of your audience beene most free and bounteous.
HamletHam III.iii.31'Tis meet that some more audience than a mother,'Tis meete that some more audience then a Mother,
HamletHam V.ii.234Sir, in this audience,Sir, in this Audience,
HamletHam V.ii.329That are but mutes or audience to this act,That are but Mutes or audience to this acte:
HamletHam V.ii.381And call the noblest to the audience.And call the Noblest to the Audience.
Henry IV Part 11H4 I.iii.209Good cousin, give me audience for a while.Good Cousin giue me audience for a-while, / And list to me.
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.i.76And might by no suit gain our audience.And might, by no Suit, gayne our Audience:
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.i.141That he will give you audience; and whereinThat hee will giue you Audience: and wherein
Henry VH5 I.i.92Craved audience, and the hour, I think, is comeCrau'd audience; and the howre I thinke is come,
Henry VH5 II.iv.67We'll give them present audience. Go and bring them.Weele giue them present audience. Goe, and bring them.
Henry VIIIH8 V.iv.60and fight for bitten apples, that no audience but theand fight for bitten Apples, that no Audience but the
Julius CaesarJC III.ii.2Then follow me, and give me audience, friends.Then follow me, and giue me Audience friends.
Julius CaesarJC IV.ii.47.1And I will give you audience.And I will giue you Audience.
King JohnKJ III.iii.37To give me audience. If the midnight bellTo giue me audience: If the mid-night bell
King JohnKJ IV.ii.139Aloft the flood, and can give audienceAloft the flood, and can giue audience
King JohnKJ V.ii.119Let me have audience; I am sent to speak.Let me haue audience: I am sent to speake:
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.iii.208O, dismiss this audience, and I shall tell you more.O dismisse this audience, and I shall tell you more.
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.i.127Shall I have audience? He shall presentShall I haue audience? he shall present
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.i.131An excellent device! So if any of the audience hiss,An excellent deuice: so if any of the audience hisse,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.313That she vouchsafe me audience for one word.That she vouchsafe me audience for one word.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND I.ii.23of it. If I do it, let the audience look to their eyes! I willof it: if I do it, let the audience looke to their eies: I will
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.413 (to the audience)
Twelfth NightTN I.iv.18.1Till thou have audience.Till thou haue audience.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.ii.83.1Due audience of the gods.Due audience of the Gods:
The Winter's TaleWT V.ii.78 the audience of kings and princes, for by such was itthe audience of Kings and Princes, for by such was it

Poems

 2 result(s).
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
A Lover's ComplaintLC.278 Lending soft audience, to my sweet design, Lending soft audience, to my sweet designe,
Venus and AdonisVen.846 End without audience, and are never done. End without audience, and are neuer donne.

Glossary

 6 result(s).
audiencehearing, attention, reception
audienceaudience-chamber, presence
auditoryassembly of listeners, audience
groundlingsaudience standing in a theatre courtyard
hearerplaygoer, audience
sittingmeeting, audience, interview

Thesaurus

 7 result(s).
audienceauditory
audiencesitting
audiencehearer
audience in a theatre courtyardgroundlings
audience-chamberaudience
chamber, audienceaudience
theatre audiencegroundlings

Themes and Topics

 3 result(s).
Address forms...35 lll ii i 211 mnd v i 126 chorus to audience princess to all quince to the play...
... princess to all quince to the play audience ladies and gentlemen [formally polite...
Archaisms
Attention signals...ile to plebeians] list to your tribunes audience good now ham i i 70 [marcel...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
AUDIENCEBASICaudience n

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