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 would be about midnight when I heard a rustling at the drop scene.

From Adventures and Recollections by Bill o'th' Hoylus End

Her eyes fell on the same view, which might have been painted on a drop scene so fixed was it, so identical in colour and light day after day.

From Notwithstanding by Cholmondeley, Mary

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