it wold be good to have an informational to share what you learned
In Chapter 23 of the story, `the duke declares that he did not have anything to do with the performance. Knowing that the people will be back to have their revenge against the performers for ripping them off, he arranged again the performance with the sole objective of earning more money.
Entertaining
At your aunt's retirement party, you would want to give a fun, entertaining speech incorportating a story about your aunt.
At a retirement party, you don't need to persuade anyone to do anything, since you knew about the retirement party, you would have planned a speech (so it would not be extemporanous and done spontasiously) and there's no need to inform anyone of anything at a retirement party.