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

It comes at the beginning of a first series of pictures, or as a kind of drop scene between one series of pictures and another.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

The drop scene fell amid loud applause, and lights flashed up about the house.

From The Man with the Double Heart by Hine, Muriel

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)