- 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...
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American Quartet, 1902
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media help. The
afterpiece rounded out the production. In the
early days of the
minstrel show, this...
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Opera genres Acte de
ballet Afterpiece Azione sacra Azione teatrale Ballad opera Ballet héroïque Bühnenfestspiel Bühnenweihfestspiel
Burletta Chamber...
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curtain raiser. One that
followed the full-length
piece was
called an
afterpiece. W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented,
concerning the
curtain raisers: This was...
- 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...
- The
Dublin Stage, 1720–1745: A
Calendar of Plays, Entertainments, and
Afterpieces. Cranbury, NJ: ****ociated
University Presses. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-585-24870-7...
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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...
- 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...
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Opera genres Acte de
ballet Afterpiece Azione sacra Azione teatrale Ballad opera Ballet héroïque Bühnenfestspiel Bühnenweihfestspiel
Burletta Chamber...
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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...