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

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)

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