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A curtain lecture is a lecture theater, usually in the form of a theater, where the curtains are drawn at the beginning of the performance. There are no audience members who are expected to sit through the whole thing. Instead, they can open their curtains and watch the show from outside. The term originates from the practice of having married couples view plays together at home, where they would have curtains drawn so that both parties could see what was happening on stage. This way there were no brawls or fights by wives.
Source: The Satyrs Of Decimus Junius Juvenalis And Of Aulus Persius Flaccus
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