afterpiece

This was an afterpiece which came at the end of a play.

One that followed the full-length piece was called an afterpiece.

- This day we had the afterpiece of the debauch.

It was revised in 1960 to include an epilogue, or afterpiece.

It was intended to be used as a light afterpiece to a more "serious" work sung in Italian.

The counterpart to the slave was the dandy, a common character in the afterpiece.

Remaining there for most of his career, he returned to his English repertoire and a new form, the musical afterpiece.

The afterpiece rounded out the production.

From the blimp, Harry had heard the results of The Shadow's afterpiece.

So many people are living so long that retirement is no longer just a transient afterpiece, the brief interregnum before death.

An afterpiece to tragedy, it had supplanted the dying screech that quivered through the night.

Trial by Jury was written specifically as an afterpiece for that production of La Périchole.

Belphagor, or The Wishes, comic opera afterpiece in 2 acts (1778)

The afterpiece allowed the minstrels to introduce new characters, some of whom became quite popular and spread from troupe to troupe.

Slapstick humor pervaded the afterpiece, including cream pies to the face, inflated bladders, and on-stage fireworks.

"Afterpiece," another premiere, emphasized contrasts between fast forwards and slow motion to music by Dan Siegler.

Martha W. England compares it to an "afterpiece", one-act satirical plays which were popular in London at the time.

Peter Ackroyd refers to it as a "satirical burlesque," and also likens it to an afterpiece.

The Cherokee (libretto by James Cobb, afterpiece, 1794, London)

A piece that began the performance was called a curtain raiser, and one that ended the performance was called an afterpiece.

In the Victorian era, it was customary for opera companies, when performing a shorter opera, to present a short ballet as an afterpiece on the programme.

'Wait till the afterpiece!'

Olios are musical entertainment pieces performed either between scenes or as an afterpiece to relieve the tension created by the melodrama and its serious storyline.

An afterpiece is a short, usually humorous one-act playlet or musical work following the main attraction, the full-length play, and concluding the theatrical evening.

No song, no supper (libretto by Prince Hoare, afterpiece, 1790, London)