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

Suddenly this enchanting landscape seemed to rise swiftly upward like the drop scene at a theatre, and vanished in a blank.

From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians by Bierce, Ambrose

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

Behind them were the clumps of cypress trees which framed a vista of endless wooden garden and formed their drop scene.

From Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches by Baring, Maurice