curtain speech

curtain speech

n.
A speech addressed to an audience from the performance space, as by a representative of the production company, before or after a performance.
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curtain speech

n
1. (Theatre) a talk given in front of the curtain after a stage performance, often by the author or an actor
2. (Theatre) the final speech of an act or a play
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