Antonyms for afterpiece
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : af-ter-pees, ahf- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈæf tərˌpis, ˈɑf- |
Definition of afterpiece
- As in finale : noun ending of an event
- She did not act in the afterpiece, and Godolphin escorted her home to the inn.
- Extract from : « Godolphin, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The afterpiece was adapted from the Sultan of Marmontel, which we have also on our English stage.
- Extract from : « Peregrine in France » by William Bromet
- The performances were "The Wheel of Fortune," and an afterpiece.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions » by Charles Mackay
- The operetta has only three acts, and is followed by no farce or afterpiece.
- Extract from : « Doctor Cupid » by Rhoda Broughton
- She hoped the afterpiece would be of the same general character, that they might all enjoy it as much as they had the play itself.
- Extract from : « Satanstoe » by James Fenimore Cooper
- As for my young hostess, I knew she looked more gratified with my song than with the afterpiece, and that I felt to be something.
- Extract from : « Satanstoe » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Thus all things being arranged, the audience takes its seat again, and the afterpiece begins.
- Extract from : « The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh: The Irish Sketch Book » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Dismissed from the Stranger, however, the stage-book probably reappears in the afterpiece.
- Extract from : « A Book of the Play » by Dutton Cook
- There was an afterpiece to the play; what had very nearly been a tragedy developing into something resembling a farce.
- Extract from : « The Cradle of Mankind » by W.A. Wigram
- The afterpiece was omitted, and Macready escaping through a private door, hastened to his hotel.
- Extract from : « The Great Riots of New York 1712 to 1873 » by J.T. Headley
Synonyms for afterpiece
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