HIRED APPLAUSE.
CLAQUE IN LONDON THEATRES. London, August 18. With the closing of the Alhambrt Variety Theatre for the summer vacation the last of the paid "claques," or organised teams of clappers, has disappeared from London. Until recently practically all the theatres of London had regular staffs of hired who mingled with the audience and, at a signal from the leader, loudly applauded the performance. The practice has, however, been discontinued by one theatre after another, and the Alhambra has teen the last to give way.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 84, 26 August 1912, Page 7
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86HIRED APPLAUSE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 84, 26 August 1912, Page 7
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