NOUN
- a sensational bit of stagecraft
- a dramatic surprise
- a highly successful theatrical production
How To Use coup de theatre In A Sentence
- In a brilliant coup de theatre, we first see him in what appears to be a poky little confining room, which as the play starts, expands into a cosy living room decorated for Christmas.
- It was a political coup de theatre and it has proved a masterstroke. Times, Sunday Times