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 seems to me a queer moral for the urchins thick-packed and gazing at the drop scene.

From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

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)

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