drop scene

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nounTheater.
  1. 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.

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

  1. the last scene of an act or play.

Origin of drop scene

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First recorded in 1805–15

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How to use drop scene in a sentence

  • Some decorations have been added since last year, and an allegorical drop-scene has been painted.

  • Through the centre of the rear drop scene is seen a small chamber in which is a suit of armor standing upright.

    Magic | Ellis Stanyon
  • There was a black curtain, like a drop-scene; and I knew that, as soon as that lifted, I should be dead and on the other side.

    Lady Lilith | Stephen McKenna
  • A composition like this on the drop-scene of a theatre would scarcely surprise us, but here we rub our eyes.

    The Channel Islands | Joseph Morris
  • At night the façade behaves very oddly, for it becomes then as flat as a drop scene.