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curtain speech

noun

, Theater.
  1. the final speech of an act, scene, or play.
  2. 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

  1. a talk given in front of the curtain after a stage performance, often by the author or an actor
  2. the final speech of an act or a play
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

I used to shriek with laughter listening to his curtain speeches or, rather, his curtain speech.

What an unthinking person is the average front-of-the-curtain speech maker!

The real author of our little comedy appears to make a curtain speech.

I recognized this deathless line as the curtain speech and crawled to my feet.

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