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Short theatrical or musical piece after the main performance
An afterpiece (or postlude, German term Nachspiel is also used in English texts) is a short, usually humorous one-act playlet or musical work following
Afterpiece
Comic afterpiece in ancient Roman theatre
An exodium (plural exodia) was a short, comic afterpiece in the ancient Roman theatre, typically performed at the conclusion of a tragedy to provide comic
Exodium
American variety performer and theatre owner (1837–1908)
often had an afterpiece following it. They played a major role in his shows, often written in the final act of the program. The afterpieces were written
Tony_Pastor
1716 play
the same title was written by Charles Johnson the same year. A one-act afterpiece is the origin of the phrase "Tis impossible to be sure of anything but
The_Cobbler_of_Preston
19th- and 20th-century American form of musical theater
American Quartet, 1902 Problems playing this file? See media help. The afterpiece rounded out the production. In the early days of the minstrel show, this
Minstrel_show
Art form combining sung text and musical score in a theatrical setting
In England, opera's antecedent was the 17th-century jig. This was an afterpiece that came at the end of a play. It was frequently libellous and scandalous
Opera
Genre of light opera
v t e Opera genres Acte de ballet Afterpiece Azione sacra Azione teatrale Ballad opera Ballet héroïque Bühnenfestspiel Bühnenweihfestspiel Burletta Chamber
Operetta
1875 comic opera by Gilbert & Sullivan
Dolaro's Royalty Theatre, and he needed a short opera to be played as an afterpiece to Offenbach's La Périchole, which was to open on 30 January (with Fred
Trial_by_Jury
Opera by William Shield
Covent Garden, on 31 December 1782. It was intended to be used as a light afterpiece to a more "serious" work sung in Italian. Such works were common at the
Rosina_(opera)
English writer and judge (1707–1754)
Barely a month later, on 24 April 1730, Fielding produced the two-act afterpiece Tom Thumb (expanded in 1731 as The Tragedy of Tragedies). Echoing Ralph’s
Henry_Fielding
1963 studio album by Cassius Clay
2. "Round 6: Funny You Should Ask" 2:40 3. "Round 7: 2138" 4:07 4. "Round 8: The Knockout" 4:05 5. "Afterpiece (see Round 1)" 3:27 Total length: 18:57
I Am the Greatest (Cassius Clay album)
I_Am_the_Greatest_(Cassius_Clay_album)
Topics referred to by the same term
tales illustrated by Harry Furniss The Romp (play) (1767), a comedic afterpiece play derived from Love in the City by Isaac Bickerstaffe The Romp (website)
Romp
1676 play
Another new work by Otway, a farce The Cheats of Scapin was performed as an afterpiece. Both plays were published together the following year and dedicated to
Titus_and_Berenice
Theatrical character in "She Stoops To Conquer"
production. The character became so popular that he was later used in a 1778 afterpiece play, Tony Lumpkin in Town, by John O'Keeffe. The play was still popular
Tony_Lumpkin
Italian opera genre associated with humor
v t e Opera genres Acte de ballet Afterpiece Azione sacra Azione teatrale Ballad opera Ballet héroïque Bühnenfestspiel Bühnenweihfestspiel Burletta Chamber
Opera_buffa
List of Films
Title Director Cast Genre Ref. Afterpiece Keane Wong Stephen Fung, Myolie Wu, Angela Yuen, Chrissie Chau Drama Bird of Paradise Wu Chui-yi Catherine Chau
List of Hong Kong films of 2026
List_of_Hong_Kong_films_of_2026
Musical
and blackface minstrel companies for the next 30 years, typically as an afterpiece. The play parodies the Indian narratives that were popular at the time
Po-ca-hon-tas, or The Gentle Savage
Po-ca-hon-tas,_or_The_Gentle_Savage
Victorian-era theatrical partnership
managing the Royalty Theatre and needed a short opera to be played as an afterpiece to Offenbach's La Périchole. Carte knew about Gilbert's libretto for Rosa
Gilbert_and_Sullivan
1715 play
British writer Christopher Bullock. It was originally performed as an afterpiece to another work The Lucky Prodigal. With its Newgate Prison setting and
A_Woman's_Revenge_(play)
entrée. 18th century. Les fêtes de Ramire (1745), Anacréon (1754), Rameau Afterpiece English 18th/19th century short opera or pantomime performed after a full-length
List_of_opera_genres
1778 play by John O'Keeffe
Tony Lumpkin in Town is a 1778 Irish comedy play by John O'Keeffe. An afterpiece, it was intended as a sequel to the 1773 play She Stoops to Conquer by
Tony_Lumpkin_in_Town
British singer, actress-manager
"vivacity as an actress" with "taste and skill as a singer". As a replacement afterpiece to La Périchole, her new theatre manager, Richard D'Oyly Carte, commissioned
Selina_Dolaro
Short act or show that precedes the main attraction
curtain raiser. One that followed the full-length piece was called an afterpiece. W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning the curtain raisers: This was
Curtain_raiser
1824 play
Maria Tree as Mary. It was performed 14 times in its initial run. An afterpiece, the running time was roughly an hour and fifty minutes. It subsequently
Charles_the_Second_(play)
Beginning with this show, nearly every episode closed with a 3-4 minute "Afterpiece," one of George and Gracie's vaudeville routines, which were performed
List of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show episodes
List_of_The_George_Burns_and_Gracie_Allen_Show_episodes
Literary device
Paul D. Cannan (2008). "Prologues, Epilogues, Curtain-Raisers, and Afterpieces: The Rest of the Eighteenth-Century London Stage (review)". Restoration:
Epilogue
English composer
afterpiece, 1793, London) My Grandmother (libretto by Prince Hoare, afterpiece, 1794, London) Lodoiska (libretto by John Philip Kemble, afterpiece, 1794
Stephen_Storace
Play by William Shakespeare
The Dublin Stage, 1720–1745: A Calendar of Plays, Entertainments, and Afterpieces. Cranbury, NJ: Associated University Presses. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-585-24870-7
The_Taming_of_the_Shrew
1796 play
comedy play by the Irish writer John O'Keeffe. A farce, it premiered as an afterpiece at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London on 23 April 1796. The original
The_Doldrum
English dramatist, poet and illustrator (1836–1911)
managing the Royalty Theatre, and he needed a short opera to play as an afterpiece to Offenbach's La Périchole. He contacted Gilbert, asked about the piece
W._S._Gilbert
1676 play
premiered at the Dorset Garden Theatre performed by the Duke's Company as an afterpiece to Otway's new tragedy Titus and Berenice. The original cast included
The_Cheats_of_Scapin
1779 play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
the present day. Performed by male school children, it functioned as an afterpiece to Euripides's Alcestis. In 1911, Herbert Beerbohm Tree mounted a star-studded
The_Critic_(play)
1898 musical
noise from the street. Clorindy was first presented on July 4, 1898 as an afterpiece to Rice's production Summer Nights, and it was a hit, prompting Cook to
Clorindy: The Origin of the Cakewalk
Clorindy:_The_Origin_of_the_Cakewalk
English musician and composer of the second half of the 18th century
Gopell, by playing the obbligato part in the aria Sweet Echo from the afterpiece Comus. By 1778, Shaw had joined the band at the Drury Lane theatre in
Thomas_Shaw_(composer)
1779 play
1779 comedy play by the British writer Hannah Cowley. A two-act farcical afterpiece, it premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London on 10 April 1779
Who's_the_Dupe?
1786 comic opera
and Lydia Webb. In following years it was reduced to a shorter two-act afterpiece. Worrall p.63 Worrall, David. Celebrity, Performance, Reception: British
The_Siege_of_Curzola
Style of Italian opera
v t e Opera genres Acte de ballet Afterpiece Azione sacra Azione teatrale Ballad opera Ballet héroïque Bühnenfestspiel Bühnenweihfestspiel Burletta Chamber
Opera_seria
Person who uses mime as a theatrical medium or performance art
gradually began to replace the Atellanae as interludes [embolium] or afterpieces (exodium on the main theatre stages; became the sole dramatic event at
Mime_artist
1788 play
1788 comedy play by the Irish John O'Keeffe. A farce, it premiered as an afterpiece at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London on 2 July 1788. The original
The_Prisoner_at_Large
Opera genre
definitions mentioned above. Only first runs are shown. Curtain-raisers and afterpieces that played with the Savoy Operas are included in the next table below
Savoy_opera
English poet and playwright (1685–1732)
Thomas Otway's Venice Preserv'd. This appeared on 23 February 1715 as an afterpiece at Drury Lane to Nicholas Rowe's tragedy Jane Shore. It left the public
John_Gay
1787 play
mistakenly attributed to William Macready. A farce, it premiered as an afterpiece at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London on 28 August 1787. The Irish
The_Village_Lawyer
1792 play
writer and actor William Macready the Elder. A farce, it premiered as an afterpiece at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London on the 21 April 1792. The
The_Irishman_in_London
Galician noblewoman and courtier (1325–1355)
The London stage, 1660-1800 : a calendar of plays, entertainments & afterpieces, together with casts, box-receipts and contemporary comment. Carbondale :
Inês_de_Castro
1724 play
John C. & Clark, Gladys L. H. The Dublin Stage, 1720-1745: A Calendar of Plays, Entertainments, and Afterpiece. Lehigh University Press, 1993. v t e
A_Wife_and_No_Wife
German-born French composer (1819–1880)
Géorgiennes and La Périchole. Trial by Jury was written specifically as an afterpiece for that production of La Périchole. Latin, literally, "with the pen running
Jacques_Offenbach
Play by Aaron Hill
as Elfrid. Concerned about the play's modest reception, Hill wrote an afterpiece entitled The Walking Statue which proved to be more popular than the main
Elfrid
1785 play
by the British writer Elizabeth Inchbald. A farce, it premiered as an afterpiece at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London on 22 October 1785. The
Appearance_Is_Against_Them
1794 play
Wedding Day is a comedy play by the English writer Elizabeth Inchbald. An afterpiece, it premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London on 1 November
The_Wedding_Day_(play)
Play by George Lillo
decade. It was shown with Henry Fielding's The Historical Register as an afterpiece. Soon afterwards Walpole brought forward a Licensing Act 1737 to clamp
Fatal_Curiosity
1786 British opera
opera with music by William Shield and a libretto by John O'Keeffe. An afterpiece, it was a sequel to the 1783 hit The Poor Soldier with the characters
Love_in_a_Camp
English actor and playwright
1718 he also authored several plays, mainly farces, beginning with an afterpiece The Slip. His sole attempt at a tragedy was The Traitor. In 1720 he relinquished
Christopher_Bullock_(actor)
Farce by W. S. Gilbert
ran for only 53 performances. Arthur Sullivan's The Zoo played as an afterpiece to Tom Cobb. Gilbert and Sullivan had already produced their hit one-act
Tom_Cobb
1736 play
The London Stage, Volume III: A Calendar Of Plays, Entertainments And Afterpieces, Together With Casts, Box Receipts And Contemporary Comment. Southern
The_Parricide
1715 play
comedy play by the British writer Henry Carey. A farce, it produced was an afterpiece to follow on from a revival of Bonduca. The original Drury Lane cast included
The_Contrivances
1911 musical
Tortajada and Her Sixteen Moorish Dancing Girls in a Spanish Ballet, and an afterpiece. After opening night, the show was trimmed and reorganized, and the companion
La_Belle_Paree
1912 hymn by George Bennard
Cross And exchange it some day for a crown In his art parody volume Art Afterpieces, Ward Kimball created a variation on the painting Expulsion from Paradise
The_Old_Rugged_Cross
English stage actor of the Victorian era (1838–1905)
successful solo play, Dulcamara, or the Little Duck and the Great Quack, an afterpiece to Dion Boucicault's drama Hunted Down, in which Irving played the villain
Henry_Irving
1786 play
by the English writer Elizabeth Inchbald. A farce, it premiered as an afterpiece at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket on 20 June 1786. The original cast included
The_Widow's_Vow
Sung drama of a light or comedic nature
Arthur Sullivan, to write a short one-act opera that would serve as an afterpiece to Offenbach's La Périchole. The result was Trial by Jury; its success
Comic_opera
librettist, Prince Hoare, had previously worked with Storace on several afterpieces, including No song, no supper and The Cave of Trophonius. His re-working
Dido, Queen of Carthage (opera)
Dido,_Queen_of_Carthage_(opera)
1798 musical
premiered at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden on 25 October 1798 as an afterpiece. The original cast included Edward Townsend as Jack Junk, John Fawcett
The_Mouth_of_the_Nile
Miss in Her Teens; or The Medley of Lovers is a farce (or afterpiece) written in 1747 by David Garrick. It was adapted from Florent Carton Dancourt's 1691
Miss_in_Her_Teens
English dramatist and civil servant (1732–1811)
by a musical drama, The Summer's Tale, subsequently compressed into an afterpiece Amelia (1768). Cumberland first essayed sentimental comedy in The Brothers
Richard Cumberland (dramatist)
Richard_Cumberland_(dramatist)
Play by Charles Hale Hoyt
Evans' and Hoey's vaudeville piece "The Book Agent" (which came from an afterpiece by Frank Dumont) into a full-length play. The scant plot involved two
A_Parlor_Match
1788 play
English writer Elizabeth Inchbald. A three-act farce, it premiered as an afterpiece at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London on 22 May 1788. The original
Animal_Magnetism_(play)
Comic opera by Arthur Sullivan and B.C Stephenson
It premiered on 5 June 1875 at the St James's Theatre in London (as an afterpiece to W. S. Gilbert's Tom Cobb), concluding its run five weeks later, on
The_Zoo
1757 play
England is a 1757 comedy play by the British writer Tobias Smollett. An afterpiece, it was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London and
The_Reprisal
1731 play
The London Stage, Volume III: A Calendar Of Plays, Entertainments And Afterpieces, Together With Casts, Box Receipts And Contemporary Comment. Southern
The_London_Merchant
musical entertainment pieces performed either between scenes or as an afterpiece to relieve the tension created by the melodrama and its serious storyline
Minnesota_Centennial_Showboat
Play by Henry Carey
Marriage is a 1722 farce by the British writer Henry Carey. Written as an afterpiece it premiered at Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre accompanying a revival of
Hanging_and_Marriage
Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, United States
Photo[permanent dead link] Dyson, Verne (1953). A Century of Brentwood, with the Afterpiece: Supplement and Index. Brentwood, Long Island, NY: Brentwood Village Press
Brentwood,_New_York
Arthur Murphy play
The Apprentice is a 1756 afterpiece by Irish dramatist Arthur Murphy. This two-act farce, which was Murphy's first play, satirized London's amateur spouting
The_Apprentice_(play)
18th-century English actress, 1711–1785
regular season, The Devil to Pay was swiftly cut down into a sentimental afterpiece with a climactic duet, arranged from a Handel aria, for Clive and Irish
Kitty_Clive
1718 play
and Susanna Mountfort as Fidelia. In 1723 Breval rewrote his work as an afterpiece retitled The Strollers which enjoyed considerable success. Burling p.69
The_Play_is_the_Plot
1735 play
comedy play by Robert Fabian. Performed at the Drury Lane Theatre as an afterpiece to Cato. It became notorious for the killing of the actor Thomas Hallam
Trick_for_Trick_(1735_play)
American animator and jazz trombonist (1914–2002)
Section A, Page 18. Retrieved 2 July 2024. Art Afterpieces, ISBN 978-0-8431-0366-3 "Ward Kimball – Art Afterpieces". 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2016. Gabler
Ward_Kimball
English actor-manager, playwright, and poet laureate
(1960–1970), The London Stage 1660–1800: A Calendar of Plays, Entertainments & Afterpieces Together with Casts, Box-Receipts and Contemporary Comment Compiled From
Colley_Cibber
French opera genre
v t e Opera genres Acte de ballet Afterpiece Azione sacra Azione teatrale Ballad opera Ballet héroïque Bühnenfestspiel Bühnenweihfestspiel Burletta Chamber
Opéra_bouffe
American comic strip
David Manning White and Robert H. Abel, eds. (Free Press, 1963) Art Afterpieces by Ward Kimball (Pocket Books, 1964) Foreword by Walt Kelly The Comics:
Pogo_(comic_strip)
1704 play
Chapelle. It was staged at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in London as an afterpiece to a revival of John Crowne's The Country Wit. The cast included Thomas
The_Stage_Coach
Play by Charles Molloy
number of occasions. It premiered with the farce Hob's Wedding as an afterpiece. The original cast at Lincoln's Inn Fields included Lacy Ryan as Bellayr
The_Half-Pay_Officers
French composer (1803–1856)
Laporte leased the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, and in October, as an afterpiece to The Merchant of Venice, he presented James Planché's His First Campaign
Adolphe_Adam
Opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau
King Louis XV's entertainments at Fontainebleau and was intended as an afterpiece to a play by Nivelle de la Chaussée, La fausse antipathie. However, the
Daphnis_et_Eglé
Genre of French opera
v t e Opera genres Acte de ballet Afterpiece Azione sacra Azione teatrale Ballad opera Ballet héroïque Bühnenfestspiel Bühnenweihfestspiel Burletta Chamber
Opéra_comique
Comedy play
Miss Lucy Seymour. In 1787 John O'Keeffe adapted the work into a two-act afterpiece Love and War. Hogan p.797 Nicoll p.277 O'Shaughnessy p.11 Nicoll, Allardyce
The_Campaign_(play)
Play written by Noël Coward
had been popular in the previous century, often as curtain-raisers and afterpieces to longer plays. By the 1920s they had gone out of fashion, but Coward
The_Astonished_Heart
English composer and violinist (1756–1778)
hark, the watch-dogs bark" and the Storm chorus) The Cady of Bagdad (afterpiece comic opera, libretto by Abraham Portal). 1778. The Triumph of Mirth,
Thomas_Linley_the_younger
Genre of variety show
developed into a definite form of entertainment, with a first part, olio and afterpiece or burlesque. Most of the shows that were rated as burlesque shows between
American_burlesque
1778 play
Slagle p.216-219 Ennis, Daniel J. & Slagle, Judith Bailey. Prologues, Epilogues, Curtain-Raisers and Afterpieces. Rosemont Publishing, 2007. v t e v t e
The_Camp_(play)
Aspect of musical history
and short songs, with folk dances and melodies. There also emerged the afterpieces, short works performed during the intermissions of theatrical works,
History_of_opera
French genre of opera buffa (comic opera)
v t e Opera genres Acte de ballet Afterpiece Azione sacra Azione teatrale Ballad opera Ballet héroïque Bühnenfestspiel Bühnenweihfestspiel Burletta Chamber
Opéra_bouffon
1953 play by Max Frisch
and the increasingly surreal flavour culminates in a final scene, the afterpiece, where Biedermann and his wife Babette find themselves at the gates of
The_Fire_Raisers_(play)
Joseph Addison's 1704 opera Revived as an afterpiece in 1740. The only existing score of the work is the afterpiece version. 1733 The Opera of Operas, or
List of compositions by Thomas Arne
List_of_compositions_by_Thomas_Arne
1877 comic opera by Gilbert & Sullivan
managing the Royalty Theatre, and he needed a short opera to be played as an afterpiece to Jacques Offenbach's La Périchole. Carte was able to bring Gilbert and
The_Sorcerer
American comedic actor and performer (1899–1986)
article reported that his first vaudeville performance was in 1930 in the afterpiece Amateur Night that played at the Palace Theatre in New York. He had previously
Jerry_Bergen
German composer (18th century)
the composer cut it significantly, from a full opera of 42 airs to an afterpiece of sixteen airs, it became a hit. Apart from The Beggar's Opera, The Devil
Seedo
1716 play
Inn Fields Theatre in London on 10 March 1716, and was followed as an afterpiece by the masque Presumptuous Love, also by Taverner. It opened the same
Everybody_Mistaken
Overview of early centuries of Western musical theatre
Italian intermezzo, with music, jokes and dancing, or were followed by an afterpiece known as a jigg, often consisting of scandalous or libellous dialogue
Development of musical theatre
Development_of_musical_theatre
1715 comedy by John Gay
to Thomas Otway's Venice Preserv'd. It was originally performed as an afterpiece with Nicholas Rowe's tragedy Jane Shore at Drury Lane, the cast including
The_What_D'Ye_Call_It
AFTERPIECE
AFTERPIECE
AFTERPIECE
AFTERPIECE
Girl/Female
Indian
Protection
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Artist; Beautiful Drawing
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Holy Mountain
Female
English
 English name derived from the Irish Gaelic place name Teamhair in Meath, the seat of the high kings of Ireland, TARA means "high place," i.e. "hill." Compare with another form of Tara.
Boy/Male
Indian
Poison Less; Sweet; Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Tamil
Shakunth | ஷாகà¯à®¨à¯à®¤
Blue Jay
Boy/Male
Hindu
Capital of Lord krishnas kingdom
Female
Yiddish
(פֵייגל) Variant spelling of Yiddish Feigel, FAIGEL means "bird."Â
Boy/Male
British, English
Boar Hardness
Boy/Male
Muslim
Sword
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n.
A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment.
n.
The heel of a rudder.
n.
A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting.
n.
An afterpiece of a comic description, either a farce or a travesty.