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Definition of Afterpieces
1. afterpiece [n] - See also: afterpiece
Lexicographical Neighbors of Afterpieces
Literary usage of Afterpieces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1856)
"... that sometimes take the place of it on the modern stage— we mean especially
in the afterpieces. The former is an open enemy, the other a disguised one. ..."
2. Early Opera in America by Oscar George Theodore Sonneck (1915)
"The latter were usually performed as afterpieces, and among these the ...
Between the acts, or between the plays and afterpieces, "entertainments of ..."
3. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1826)
"This is commendable, and the translations are for the most part tolerable ; but
what I complain of is, that they disfigure French afterpieces to suit them ..."
4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"... or afterpieces, with which the tragic trilogy was usually followed. Soon after
the representation of the Orestes, Euripides appears to have accepted the ..."
5. About Stage Folks by William Ellis Horton (1902)
"appeared with the circus in a variety of ways, as a rider, tumbler and an actor
in the afterpieces. He was next with Welch, Delavan and Nathan's Circus, ..."
6. The English Drama Purified: Being a Specimen of Select Plays, in which All edited by James Plumptre (1812)
"Of five afterpieces which he brought upon the stage, four of them I consider ...
The Toy-Shop is, to my judgment, one of the most pleasing afterpieces with ..."
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