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safety curtain
(redirected from Fire curtain)

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safety curtain
a curtain made of fireproof material that can be lowered to separate the auditorium and stage in a theatre to prevent the spread of a fire


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At the end of the brilliant second act of William Forsythe's Eidos: Telos, the gray fire curtain at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Opera House dropped and the applause began.
Having seen the ballet a few times I'm no longer annoyed when the fire curtain is dropped, though it is perhaps rather childish to provoke the audience in this way.
 
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