Read full poem →were well able to judge of it, was such as one as was
alike calculated for the advantage of the performers and
spectators : and the several alterations afterwards made
Dictionary Entry
One who performs for, or entertains, an audience.
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Poetry examples for “performers”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →and others, servants to the earl of Leicester. In 1578 ,
the children of Paul’s appear to have been performers
of dramatic entertainments. About twelve years after-
Read full poem →theatre, he not only permitted the best plays to be
mangled by the most despicable performers, but by
the introduction of tumblers and buffoons, and other
Read full poem →that the publick indignation was awakened: the crowd attempted to force
the door, and, being repulsed, drove in the performers with stones, and
broke the windows of the house.
Read full poem →to excel each other in emotion;
I do not think the performers know themselves—but now I think I begin to know them.