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
Behind them were the clumps of cypress trees which framed a vista of endless wooden garden and formed their drop scene.
From Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches by Maurice Baring
The frescoes are of the usual drop scene, barocco, academic kind, but where the damp has spared them they form an effective background.
From Ex Voto by Samuel Butler
The drop scene fell amid loud applause, and lights flashed up about the house.
From The Man with the Double Heart by Muriel Hine
