关于英语比较级用法的一道语法题目谢谢帮助!

题目

关于英语比较级用法的一道语法题目谢谢帮助!
Shakespeare's acting company performed in a relatively intimate setting,
A) appearing before a smaller audiences than more theaters today.
B) appearing before audiences smaller than most audiences today.
我怎么觉得两句句子都是正确的啊,只是比较对象不同罢了?谢谢帮助!

答案

A) audiences是复数,a smaller audiences是错误的; a smaller audiences than more theaters today,
这个比较级也不符合英语的习惯;
B) smaller than 比较级 ;这个句子是正确的;