drop scene
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.
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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.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamThrough the centre of the rear drop scene is seen a small chamber in which is a suit of armor standing upright.
Magic | Ellis StanyonThere 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 McKennaA composition like this on the drop-scene of a theatre would scarcely surprise us, but here we rub our eyes.
The Channel Islands | Joseph MorrisAt night the façade behaves very oddly, for it becomes then as flat as a drop scene.
A Wanderer in Venice | E.V. Lucas
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