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John Audley
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English
Alternative forms
en John Orderly
Proper noun
en theatre slang A fictitious person mentioned (e.g. "is John Audley there?") as a signal to shorten the performance of a show, to make room for a fresh audience.
References
en 1873 John Camden Hotten The Slang Dictionary
Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English.