After-Piece

The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre | 1996 | 485 words | Copyright

After-Piece, short comedy or farce, performed after a five-act tragedy in London theatres of the 18th century, partly to afford light relief to the spectators already present and partly to attract the middle-class business men and others who found the opening hour of 6 p.m. too early. Half-price was charged for admission. The after-piece was often a full-length comedy cut to one act, but many short plays were specially written for the purpose by Garrick, Murphy, Foote, and others.

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