A chara, – Chris Fitzpatrick’s suggestion (Letters, August 9th) that theatres use a signalling system for patrons who want to leave because of coughing, etc, could also be extended to those who want to leave because they are unhappy with the show. – Is mise,
LOMAN Ó LOINGSIGH,
Dublin 24.
Sir, – Reading the letter about coughing through the whole first act of a play, I was made aware of my different sensibilities to a situation like that.
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I think the person who was coughing, pandemic or not, should have recognised after a few minutes that an exit was necessary and left the theatre. The people alongside would have been delighted to excuse them.
Handwaving seems an awkward method for such a simple thing as a walk from the building so that others might enjoy the play. – Yours, etc,
CHRISTINA KENNEDY,
Dunmore East,
Co Waterford.