English theater in the 1660s did not have to produce good plays to be appealing to their audiences,
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If they didn't like the play, the audience threw them at the actors! This is where our idea of throwing tomatoes comes from – but 'love-apples', as they were known, come from South America and they weren't a common food at the time. The groundlings were also called 'stinkards' in the summer – for obvious reasons!