drop curtain
Example Sentences
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The house chandeliers rose, the lights dimmed, the orchestra tuned, the black drop curtain went up, and “Madama Butterfly” got underway.
From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2019
But it’s another kind of show-stopper I’m speaking of today, the kind my taxi friend fears lurks behind every drop curtain.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2011
The ballet itself has long disappeared, but the drop curtain, of two women bounding along a beach, has survived.
From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2010
Pablo Picasso's drop curtain for Le Train Bleu ballet, at the V&A in London.
From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2010
The orchestra had already commenced the prelude to a vaudeville turn, and the drop curtain had revealed the stage.
From The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon by Cullum, Ridgwell
