No, there’s no game without the public. Without the audience, there is no game. In a theatre, if there is no audience at all, you have a rehearsal, but you don’t have a play.
“Speaking Freely”, interview with Edwin Newman on WNBC-TV, December 27, 1970, transcript, p 9
Year: 1970
Chapter:
Audience, Public, Mass
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan