Verfremdungseffekt where least expected

The way Mr Osborne employs verfremdungeffekt in "The Entertainer" surpasses Herr Brecht's use of it in his plays. Osborne proves he is more royalist than the royalists. The play consists of 13 scenes that run alternatively: off-stage (Archie's social life) and on-stage (Archie playing his numbers in the music hall). He plays his numbers to two audiences: his imagiary audience according to the world of the play, and the audience actually sitting in the auditorium watching the actor (Lord Olivier for an instance) playing his numbers