Applause

Please Clap

by Diana Bates, Ling Yuan,

From descriptions of audience applause recorded in official transcriptions of speeches by Nicolae Ceausescu. They were included in a blog post published last year by Yuan Ling, a journalist. The…

Understanding ovation

by Roger Gilbert,

In defense of the claque

by Pitts Sanborn,

An unconscious claque

by Harper’s Staff,

Misunderstanding

by Harper’s Staff,

The moonlight sonata

Drawn by C.W. (Charles William) Kahles,

Editor’s easy chair

by Harper’s Staff,

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Understanding ovation

In defense of the claque

An unconscious claque

Misunderstanding

The moonlight sonata

Editor’s easy chair

August 1891

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