Word: 20f
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Dates: during 1882-1882
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...following are some of the prices paid for "applause" by French actors and actresses : Ordinary applause, it appears, stands at 5f; prolonged applause, 10f; prolonged and noisy applause, 20f; three rounds of applause, 25f; simple recall, 25f; unlimited recalls, 50f; for appearing horror-struck, 5f; murmurs of affright, as if the power to applaud were lost, 15f; a moan, followed by applause at the end of a scene of murder, 12 1/2f; ordinary laughter, 5f; bursts of laughter, 10f; exclamations - "Oh, how droll!" etc., 15f; superlative exclamations - "It is simply magnificent!" "It is unequalled!" 20f. The sifflet a succes...