asbestos curtain
Example Sentences
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The big asbestos curtain hushed all that and the Metropolitan's regular season was ended.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before we had left the boxes the fire had spread to the first row of seats and the stage hands were endeavoring to lower the asbestos curtain.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
In the House itself, behind the asbestos curtain, which was lowering slowly, came the sound of seats swinging back, and the voices of the ushers as they rushed to and fro.
From The Black Cross by Briggs, Olive M.
Behind the asbestos curtain there is a world of ropes, lights, electrical and mechanical machinery, paints and canvas, which is always a territory filled with interest to those who sit in the seats in front.
From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by Cooke, James Francis
He flitted off, and the stage director leaned back against the asbestos curtain.
From The Little Warrior by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
