curtain callnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɜː.tən ˌkɔːl/us/ˈkɝː.t̬ən ˌkɑːl/the part at the end of a performance when actors come to the front of the stage and the people watching clap to show their enjoyment
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cinema & theatre: parts of plays, shows & films
- act
- blooper reel
- byplay
- coup de théâtre
- denouement
- finale
- flashback
- fourth wall
- intermission
- interval
- scene
- set piece
- showstopper
- sketch
- stage direction
Examples from literature
- Again and again Clara Morris took a curtain call with the other actresses.
- But there were five curtain calls.
- Grace took half a dozen curtain calls, and Kathleen West was also summoned before the curtain and publicly presented with the honor pin by President Morton.
- One night during the run of "King John," a notice was put up that no curtain calls would be allowed at the end of a scene.
- She was busy visualizing the different costumes, even going so far as to see herself slipping through folds of crimson velvet to take insistent curtain calls.