Falling Flaps

The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre | 1996 | 558 words | Copyright

Falling Flaps, method of making quick changes of scenery and trick effects which dates from the early 19th century. It consisted of a series of double flat scenes, framed and moving on hinges. One side of these was painted to represent, for example, an indoor scene and the other an outdoor. The stage was thus set with a complete picture in sections, each piece being kept in place by catches. When these were simultaneously released, the flaps fell by their own weight, presenting an immediate change of scene. (See also CHÂSSIS A DÉVELOPPEMENT.)

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