1785 R. Cumberland xxiii. 218 I beheld something approaching to me, which looked like columns and arches and porticos in the perspective of a playhouse scene.
1896 R. Kipling 35 Like playhouse-scenes the shore slid past our sleepy eyes.
1999 (Nexis) 21 Mar. 9 In the large playhouse scenes and town scenes, the people had to look quite grimy.