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groundling [ˈgraʊndlɪŋ] n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) any animal or plant that lives close to the ground or at the bottom of a lake, river, etc. 2. (Performing Arts / Theatre) a. (in Elizabethan theatre) a spectator standing in the yard in front of the stage and paying least b. a spectator in the cheapest section of any theatre 3. (Engineering / Aeronautics) a person on the ground as distinguished from one in an aircraft ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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These proponents of "modernization" forget that Shakespeare's productions were mass entertainment, as wildly popular in their own time for the uneducated groundlings standing near the stage as for the gentry seated in the stalls and that, first and foremost, they were written to be performed by trained actors. All around her signature tiny panels range the groundlings, who offer commentary on all sorts of topics from the actual execution of the plays to the weather. Lucky Dos Angeles theatergoers have seen her brilliantly create and play Fern Magnin--a Beverly Hills gorgon who mangles The Glass Menagerie by playing the brassiest Laura ever--alongside her fellow Groundlings alums in Beverly Winwood Presents the Actor's Showcase. |
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