tableau curtain

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There may be used instead or in addition to the act curtain, what is known as a tableau curtain, that works in a traveler above, which can be drawn straight off stage, both ways, parting in the middle, or be pulled to a drape at each side.

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The tableau curtain fell and the manager appeared behind the footlights.

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