ASK THE GLOBE

The Boston Globe | November 7, 1990 | Copyright

Q. What are the "isinglass curtains" mentioned in a song from the musical "Oklahoma"? R.D., Natick

A. The curtains that Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones and Gene Nelson musically praise in Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Surrey With the Fringe on Top" were made from isinglass, a tough, semitransparent, silvery-white substance made from the sounds, or air bladders, ...

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