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curtain call

noun

the appearance of the performers at the conclusion of a theatrical or other performance in response to the applause of the audience.
each individual appearance of a performer at the end of a performance in response to prolonged applause.

curtain call

the appearance of performers at the end of a theatrical performance to acknowledge applause

First recorded in 1880–85

After Mary walks off the set and the lights dim, the cast returns for a curtain call.

No big surprise In 2nd, Mr. Moralize But who should take a curtain call?

My father did not want the audience leaving with such a sad feeling so he orchestrated a curtain call of gradual, joyful clapping.

When you took your curtain call the other night there was such a look of innocence and gratitude on your face.

You are a gentleman at the end of each performance and give Bebe Neuwirth the final curtain call.

The flowers that she carried when she answered the final curtain-call, curiously enough, were damask roses and mignonette.

Again and again Clara Morris took a curtain call with the other actresses.

While the applause, reaching curtain-call after curtain-call, surged all about him, young Lancaster was lost in rverie.

It was Murray Grislow who finally rang the curtain call on the prolonged shop-talk.

Then, after another curtain call, the lights were lowered and the audience began to disperse.

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