CSS3 Theater Curtains - Snippet

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<div id="theatre">
	<em id="curtain-left"></em>
	<em id="curtain-right"></em>
	<p>The Theatre</p>
	<p>Hover to open!</p>
</div>
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div#theatre {
    border: inset red 10px;
    height: 300px;
    width: 80%;
    margin: 2em auto;
    text-align: center;
    line-height: 120px;
    font-size: 30px;
    position: relative;
    overflow: hidden;
    background: black;
    color: rgba(255,255,255, 0.3);
    text-shadow: 0 0 2px yellow , 0 0 4px black,0 0 6px white;
}

div#theatre #curtain-left, div#theatre #curtain-right {
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 2;
    top: -30px;
    bottom: -30px;
    width: 61%;
    transition: all 4s ease-out;
    transform: rotate(0deg);
    background-color: #A90505;
    background-image: linear-gradient(90deg,  transparent 10%, rgba(255,255,255,.25) 50% ,transparent 65% );
    background-repeat: repeat;
    box-shadow: 0 0 10px #555 ,inset 0 -60px  60px -30px  rgba(255,255,255, 0.5), inset 0 90px  60px -30px  rgba(0,0,0, 0.5);
    background-size: 80px;
}

#curtain-left { left: -10% }

#curtain-right { right: -10% }

div#theatre:hover #curtain-right, div#theatre:hover #curtain-left {
    width: 0;
    background-size: 1px;
    transition: all 4s ease;
    transform: rotate(15deg);
}

div#theatre:hover #curtain-right {
    transition: all 4s ease;
    transform: rotate(-15deg);
}

#theatre p {
    width: 50%;
    margin: 0.5em auto;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 3;
}

#theatre p:first-of-type:before {
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    border-radius: 150px;
    box-shadow: 0 0 10px 70px rgba(255,255,255,0.4);
    height: 0.1px;
    width: 3px;
    top: 6.5em;
    left: 49%;
    transform: rotate(25deg) skew(15deg,5deg);
}