Despite the etymological origins of “spectator” in looking and “audience” in hearing, the multiple activities involved in attending an event (whether formally in the theatre or in other reminiscent circumstances) involve the senses more than one at a time, and indeed they involve more than the senses. Some of the most compelling spectacles of the modern era, such as homelessness, seem to repel looking and hearing for too many who encounter them on the streets, and only hold the attention of a few when dramatized by Gorky in The Lower Depths.