Afterpiece
a short dramatic performed a featured play.
historical examples
there was an afterpiece to the play; what had very nearly been a tragedy developing into something resembling a farce.
the cradle of mankind w.a. wigram
she did not act in the afterpiece, and g-dolphin escorted her home to the inn.
g-dolphin, complete edward bulwer-lytton
as for my young hostess, i knew she looked more gratified with my song than with the afterpiece, and that i felt to be something.
satanstoe james fenimore cooper
the afterpiece was adapted from the sultan of marmontel, which we have also on our english stage.
peregrine in france william bromet
thus all things being arranged, the audience takes its seat again, and the afterpiece begins.
the paris sketch book of mr. m. a. t-tmarsh: the irish sketch book william makepeace thackeray
the performances were “the wheel of fortune,” and an afterpiece.
memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions charles mackay
she hoped the afterpiece would be of the same general character, that they might all enjoy it as much as they had the play itself.
satanstoe james fenimore cooper
the operetta has only three acts, and is followed by no farce or afterpiece.
doctor cupid rhoda broughton
it was a matter of almost as much consequence to know what afterpiece was on the bill as what comedy.
william e. burton: actor, author, and manager william l. keese
dismissed from the stranger, however, the stage-book probably reappears in the afterpiece.
a book of the play dutton cook
noun
a brief usually comic dramatic piece presented after a play
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