Word: curtains
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...second act is the best part of the show, and it is superb. During it Denise goes to her husbands office, followed by her lover, and breaks up the domestic scene between M. Sobier and his fiance. At the close of the act Miss Claire was given eight curtain calls...
...Manhattan theatre is playing a drama entitled They Knew What They Wanted. One night last week, as the curtain was about to rise, a telegram was received saying that the President was coming to attend the play, but had been delayed in New Jersey. He was anxious to see the first act. Would it be too much trouble to wait a few minutes for him? For 30 minutes actors and audience waited. Then both became restive. Someone went out before the curtain and explained the situation, took a vote on whether the delay should be continued. The majority voted...
When Weber and Fields dissolved partnership in 1904, and the curtain, descending to the strains of Auld Lang Sync, ended the company's farewell performance, notables of society, stage, politics stood up in their chairs, weeping, shouting, refused to leave until Weber, until Fields, had responded...
...corner of the bedroom is a great big curtain...
...looked behind the curtain, but he went so quickly...