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backdrop
On the theater stage, a large, taut, flat canvas, usually hung from the grid at the rear of the stage to mask the backstage area.


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The unprecedented decision from rate-setters comes against the backdrop of a dire economic climate.
Most of the "cultural" events could have been held without Liverpool being Capital of Culture as the city's previous hosting of the Tall Ships Race proves, and the opening Ringo concertwas awaste of the St George's Hall backdrop and proved something of an own goalwith Ringo's subsequent deriding of the city.
One of MoreySmith's trademarks is its contrasting of modern interior design against the backdrop of a vintage exterior and Bourneville has proved a perfect backdrop for such a fusion.
 
 
 
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