"... You comics are among the most valuable people on earth."
He was moved by this, and I suddenly noticed large tears
coursing down his old cheeks, furrowed by decades of anxiety
about raising chuckles (or, as he used to put it, "titters") in
drafty music halls.
Here, is "chuckle" a low laugh out of ridicule?
And "titter" means more ridiculous than "chuckle"?
Does "anxiety about raising chuckles" mean that he was worried
about he could be ridiculed by his comedy?
It doesn't mean he tried to make people laugh as comics usually do, right?
"Drafty hall" literally means a hall which wind or air blows into.
Then what does "drafty music halls" indicate, here? There is no more
explanation on music halls in the whole context.
He was moved by this, and I suddenly noticed large tears
coursing down his old cheeks, furrowed by decades of anxiety
about raising chuckles (or, as he used to put it, "titters") in
drafty music halls.
Here, is "chuckle" a low laugh out of ridicule?
And "titter" means more ridiculous than "chuckle"?
Does "anxiety about raising chuckles" mean that he was worried
about he could be ridiculed by his comedy?
It doesn't mean he tried to make people laugh as comics usually do, right?
"Drafty hall" literally means a hall which wind or air blows into.
Then what does "drafty music halls" indicate, here? There is no more
explanation on music halls in the whole context.