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Definition of Drop curtain

1. Noun. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drop Curtain

Literary usage of Drop curtain

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Shakespeare from Betterton to Irving by George Clinton Densmore Odell (1920)
"Some one finally discovered, I should guess, that a permanent painted drop-curtain would answer the purpose for all occasions. ..."

2. Music and Manners in France and Germany: A Series of Travelling Sketches of by Henry Fothergill Chorley (1844)
"THE DROP-CURTAIN. The Half-hour before the Spectacle. — The Drop-curtain at L'Academic an historical Picture.—First beginnings of French Opera. ..."

3. Around the World with a King by William N. Armstrong (1904)
"... Japanese Drama — The King Presents a Drop-Curtain to the Theatre — The Hawaiian Minister Visits Count Inouye — His Residence — Strange Adventures of Two ..."

4. American Painters: With One Hundred and Four Examples of Their Work Engraved by George William Sheldon (1880)
"The abundance and swiftness of his success with this drop-curtain suggest some consoling reflections to aspiring young artists, who are discouraged by the ..."

5. Trial of John H. Surratt in the Criminal Court for the District of Columbia by John Harrison Surratt, George Purnell Fisher (1867)
"Q. The drop curtain has pictures on it, has it not, and is tied up partly drop! A. It was not partly drop ; it was away up. Q. How do you know; ..."

6. The Electrical Engineer (1893)
"Electric Drop-Curtain.—At the Comédie-Française, the French National Theatre in Paris, a new drop-curtain, raised and lowered by electricity, ..."

7. Eye Spy: Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things by William Hamilton Gibson (1897)
"When he was a lad he painted a lovely drop-curtain for us. ... The next time I met Mr. Hamilton Gibson I asked him about this drop-curtain. ..."

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