drop scene
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The drop scene was used in the city’s only theater in the early 1800s to entertain audiences between shows in the early days of stage performances in New England.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2019
The drop scene was used in the city’s only theater in the early 1800s to entertain audiences between shows.
From Washington Times • Nov. 13, 2019
A drop scene showing part of the garden.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno
Suddenly this enchanting landscape seemed to rise swiftly upward, like the drop scene at a theater, and vanished in a blank.
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American by Hawthorne, Julian
At night the façade behaves very oddly, for it becomes then as flat as a drop scene.
From A Wanderer in Venice by Morley, Harry
