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Among the agreeable novelties is a drop curtain of real cloth, instead of the usual painted draperies.
TOUR IN ENGLAND, IRELAND, AND FRANCE, IN THE YEARS 1826, 1827, 1828 AND 1829.HERMANN PCKLER-MUSKAU
I thought I could hear Mr. Foy speak to some one back in the scenery as though he was waiting for the drop curtain.
CHICAGO'S AWFUL THEATER HORRORVARIOUS
He has gone into the Unknown; the whistle of the train steaming slowly out is the voice of the call-boy at the drop curtain.
MEN, WOMEN AND GUNSH. C. (HERMAN CYRIL) MCNEILE
I went to a theater he had built and on the drop curtain was a picture of an oak tree and the words 'Plant Trees.'
COLLECTION OF NEBRASKA PIONEER REMINISCENCESNEBRASKA SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
As for the prompter, there being no hole under the stage for him, he stood behind the drop curtain.
THE FLOWER GIRL OF THE CHTEAU D'EAU, V.1 (NOVELS OF PAUL DE KOCK VOLUME XV)CHARLES PAUL DE KOCK
The drop curtain must be outside of this, and go up and down very carefully, at a concerted signal.
THE ART OF ENTERTAININGM. E. W. SHERWOOD
Barbara had kept the drop curtain down, and Joe, Carlyle and Alfred, on one side of it.
THE LOST WAGONJAMES ARTHUR KJELGAARD
The door closed, and the inmates drew a long breath; it was as if the drop curtain had descended between the acts of a drama.
PIPPIN; A WANDERING FLAMELAURA E. RICHARDS
A huge diagram was placed on the drop curtain, showing the seats that were to be sold divided into blocks.
THE MAPLESON MEMOIRS, VOL IIJAMES H. MAPLESON
Directly behind the drop curtain there should be a representation of the roof and sides of the cave.
HOME PASTIMES; OR TABLEAUX VIVANTSJAMES H. HEAD

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