ɪn dˈuːhɜːsts wˈɜːdz, hɪz ˈɔːdiəns wʌz tə ɹˈɛkəɡnˌaɪz ðə “kˈɑːmən hjuːmˈænᵻɾi” lˈɪŋkɪŋ ðə nˈaɪntiːnθsˈɛntʃɚɹi vˈɪlɪdʒɚz ænd ðə kəntˈɛmpɚɹˌɛɹi ˈɔːdiəns.
In Dewhurst's words, his audience was to recognise the “common humanity” linking the nineteenth-century villagers and the contemporary audience.