The judge puts on his robes (and, in England, his wig) by way of assuming the corporate authority of the community. So bedecked, he is not a private person, and he is not allowed to speak to anybody as a private person until he has removed his costumes…The stripper puts on her audience by taking off her clothes. Thus clad, she is not a private person. Backstage, in whatever situation, she is a private person. Stripped of her audience, she is nobody.