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
At night the façade behaves very oddly, for it becomes then as flat as a drop scene.
From A Wanderer in Venice by Morley, Harry
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)
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)
