Patrons and performers are important roles to any story. According to the …show more content…
In the theatre, there are performers or actors on stage, and patrons or audience members who come to watch the show. These two terms can also be applied to life. The performers could be leaders, actors, or people who just want to live life to the fullest and do things out in the world. The patrons could be followers, audience members, or people who want to stand by and enjoy life or go and support other people living their lives. In Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, the roles of patrons and performers are clearly represented in different ways by the Player. In Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, the Player represents a performer and a patron with a lot of power. The Player, who is clearly an actor, gives plenty of