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Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.

Coughs seem very common here, especially among the children, though people look strong and healthy, but in the absence of proper statistics one cannot undertake to say whether the district is a healthy one or not.

When you hear extraneous noise, they are bored in some way, so it makes me upset. Even coughing, I find, is passive-aggressive, usually.

Sometimes I tic or twitch or cough, and it's a very public thing.

Each audience is different.

I wish that person outside would stop coughing.

My dear doctor, I am surprised to hear you say that I am coughing very badly, as I have been practising all night.