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I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions - the curtain was up.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
Groucho pans the play with a fake excuse. The 'adverse conditions' sound like bad weather, but the curtain being up just means the show was actually visible. So the joke is that his complaint is really that he had to watch it.
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