Two slippers and two garters, hurled with feminine rage and feminine inaccuracy into the faces of a line of bored theatergoers, had achieved more for the fair artillerist than the most exquisite dancing could have hoped to.
"Superwomen"
Albert Payson Terhune
The duty of personal vengeance, for example-which was at the center of the tragedy-of-blood, ever delightful to Tudor theatergoers-has been disestablished by the advance of civilization; and it is therefore no longer acceptable as the dominant motive of a drama of modern life.
"Inquiries and Opinions"
Brander Matthews
The hour was late when the theatergoers reached home.
"Sube Cane"
Edward Bellamy Partridge