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

The rear was flooded with light, streaming in where the wall had been, and through open doors they saw the houses opposite filling in the background like the drop scene at a theater.

From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Bonner, Geraldine

Mrs. Brickley here drew her cloak more closely about her, as though to enshroud herself in her own refinement, and presented to the Bench a silence as elaborate as a drop scene.

From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin

No less than thirty-five islands, like beauty spots of a fairy "drop scene," bedeck the silver sheen of its surface.

From The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway by Praeger, Robert Lloyd