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curtain speech
noun
, Theater.
- the final speech of an act, scene, or play.
- a brief speech by an actor, producer, author, or the like, immediately following a performance, usually delivered in front of the closed curtains on the stage.
curtain speech
noun
- a talk given in front of the curtain after a stage performance, often by the author or an actor
- the final speech of an act or a play
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George Bernard Shaw's witticism when somebody in the gallery hissed while he was making a curtain speech has become famous.
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I used to shriek with laughter listening to his curtain speeches or, rather, his curtain speech.
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What an unthinking person is the average front-of-the-curtain speech maker!
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The real author of our little comedy appears to make a curtain speech.
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I recognized this deathless line as the curtain speech and crawled to my feet.
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