The travelling choirs of Negro institutions such as Hampton University, Wilberforce University, Fisk University and Tuskegee University performed the spirituals across the country as a means of raising funds for their respective institutions, all the while bringing to black and white audiences in the United States knowledge and appreciation of this indigenous musical form.
The doctor, his wife and the audience leave the mediation secure in the knowledge that this person has a good chance at being all right.
For now, though, he seems content to show his audiences a good time, secure in the knowledge that the pursuit of innocent laughter is wholly honorable.
Theatre is conducted in an atmosphere of near-boundless good faith, so that even when a show desperately tries to be edgy, audiences can experience it safe in the knowledge that it's being edgy for the best of all possible motives.
To the extent that Mr. Davenport has a mission it is to send his audience off feeling comfortable and happy in the knowledge that sex is a powerful equalizer, its pleasures and miseries dispensed democratically.
When Kevin Kline is at center stage in a Shakespeare production, New York audiences can for once relax, secure in the knowledge that they will be seeing a classical actor of exceptional gifts and the highest integrity.
Their work kicked a door open for subsequent generations of crime writers to storm through and their popularity among readers gave others the confidence to follow in their footsteps, secure in the knowledge that an audience existed for crime fiction that wasn't pulp.
We will ask historical questions, produce historical knowledge, and as a critical part of the course, present that knowledge to a general audience in the form of a podcast.
We take comfort in the knowledge that his work will continue to enthrall and inspire audiences for decades to come.
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