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curtain-raiser n
1. (Performing Arts / Theatre) Theatre a short dramatic piece presented before the main play 2. any preliminary event the debate was a curtain-raiser to the election Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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performance will be preceded by a curtain-raiser talk at 7 p. nbsp;mirror (Inverse, Reverse, Perverse, 1996) that is the show's curtain-raiser. This set a new trend, and formed a curtain-raiser to the mad decade of the Sixties, a time when every institution and moral principle was viciously assaulted. |
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