success

unpleasant

seriously

encouraging

silence

because of

professional

completely

laughed

glanced My actors entered, and, in the beginning, there was a little laughter. The audience was them. As the show continued, however, the laughs became fewer and fewer before they disappeared . Soon, my actors were sweating——and it wasn't the hot lights. There were long periods of inappropriate . Nothing was working. The play was too to watch. The audience at their watches, coughed, and rolled their eyes. As soon as the play was over, they moved for the nearest exit.