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afterpiece

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af·ter·piece  (ftr-ps)
n.
A short comic piece performed after a play.
afterpiece [ˈɑːftəˌpiːs]
n
(Performing Arts / Theatre) a brief usually comic dramatic piece presented after a play
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Noun1.afterpiece - a brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a play
piece - an artistic or literary composition; "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"
exode - a farcical afterpiece in the ancient Roman theater


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html and Susan Kattwinkel, Tony Pastor Presents: Afterpieces from the Vaudeville Stage (1998).
"No Irish need apply": a myth of victimization by Jensen, Richard / Journal of Social History
Aldridge then turned the tables on them again by coming out in the afterpiece as the kind of black man they had expected to see in Othello - a humorous buffoon singing, dancing, and speaking in black dialect who was not in full command of his senses or his statements.
"Mislike me not for my complexion...": Ira Aldridge in whiteface by Lindfors, Bernth / African American Review
Martial themes in songs, playbills, music, dance, spectacle, mainpieces, afterpieces, and interludes rendered "[servicemen] familiar, sympathetic, and admirable.
Dramatic Representations of British Soldiers and Sailors on the ... by Myerly, Scott Hughes / Journal of Social History
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