Text A: an original contemporary practice extract.

The theatre’s feedback sheet asked one question: whether people had enjoyed the performance. At the end of the run, the report said that 84 per cent of those who replied had ticked yes. I had ticked it too. The actors had made the final scene feel alive, and I would have recommended the production to a friend.

I had also moved seats twice. From my original place, a pillar cut off part of the stage; the second seat was better, but I had to leave it when someone arrived with a ticket for that seat. None of that fitted into the single box on the feedback sheet.

Text B: an original contemporary practice extract.

When the library began opening later on two evenings each week, its report compared the number of visits before and after the change. The total rose by 40 per cent. I used to go after school to work at a quiet desk, but on the later evenings the desks were usually occupied by people meeting together. I began taking my books home instead.

The report counted each visit, including mine when I came in to borrow a book. It did not record where people spent their time or what they had come to do. The rise was real; so was the reason I stopped staying to work.

What similarities can you identify in what the overall results show and what they leave unclear? What can you infer about the experiences of individuals from each extract? Use evidence from both texts to support your answer.