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Rosamund Pike calls out audience member for texting during show
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- The actor and producer returned to the stage at the end of the play at Wyndham's Theatre to politely remind people of theatre etiquette.
- Pike said she hoped the guilty texter was a doctor and that their message had been "very important", during an impromptu speech which drew gasps and then cheers.
- "I just wanted to say for anyone going to the theatre, it's a huge thing that we're trying to give you.
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Paul Glynn,Culture reporterand Ewan Somerville,BBC News Getty Images"You know who you are and I'm not going to single you out," Pike told on section of the stalls Rosamund Pike called out an audience member for texting during an emotional moment from her performance in West End play Inter Alia on Saturday, saying: "When I feel that and see it, it's hard."
The actor and producer returned to the stage at the end of the play at Wyndham's Theatre to politely remind people of theatre etiquette.
Pike said she hoped the guilty texter was a doctor and that their message had been "very important", during an impromptu speech which drew gasps and then cheers.
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