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
Nay, when I look upon the drop scene at the St. James's Theatre, I ask myself if the deterioration has not already set in.
From Better Dead by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
The overture ends, the drop scene rises, and there is the sea-shore, a long curling bay: the sea heaving under the moon, and breaking upon the beach, and rolling the surf down—the p. 103stage!
From Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 by Wright, William Aldis
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
