drop scene

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noun Theater.

a drop curtain, often of painted or dyed canvas, located downstage and used as the backdrop for a scene played while the set upstage is being changed.

a scene or act played with less intensity than the preceding one.

the last scene of an act or play.

Origin of drop scene

First recorded in 1805–15

Words nearby drop scene

drop off, drop out, drop pass, drop press, drop rudder, drop scene, drop scone, drop seat, drop shipment, drop shipper, drop shot

Example sentences from the Web for drop scene

There is a stage, with drop-scene, representing one of our streets, and appointments for theatrical representations.

Travels in South Kensington |Moncure Daniel Conway
At a nod from Mr. Jope, two seamen ran and cut the cords supporting the drop-scene.

The Mayor of Troy |Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Renée, with the help of her drawing-master, had painted the drop-scene, which looked something like the banks of the Seine.

Rene Mauperin |Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt
The drop-scene (as we should call it) raised between the acts of a play.

Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2 |Ernst Eckstein

The drop-scene was a truly terrific representation of the Belligerent in action.

Pincher Martin, O.D. |H. Taprell Dorling

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drop scene

noun Theater.

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Example sentences from the Web for drop scene

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

drop scene

noun Theater.

Origin of drop scene

Words nearby drop scene

Words related to drop scene

Example sentences from the Web for drop scene