drop scene
Example Sentences
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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
The drop scene had fallen for a minute or two before he began to look around him.
From The Marquis of Lossie by MacDonald, George
It seems to me a queer moral for the urchins thick-packed and gazing at the drop scene.
From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
The frescoes are of the usual drop scene, barocco, academic kind, but where the damp has spared them they form an effective background.
From Ex Voto by Butler, Samuel
