| 单词 | afterpiece |
| 例句 | Their antics earned the notice of Billboard magazine, whose reviewer wrote, “Martin and Lewis do an afterpiece that has all the makings of a sock act,” using showbiz slang for a successful show. Jerry Lewis, Mercurial Comedian and Filmmaker, Dies at 91 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z King's College Chapel was the scene originally intended for this outrage; but the graver academic programme there lasted so long that the Queen could not stay for the afterpiece. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z “The hideous comedy of the marriage market has been a stock topic with novelists from Thackeray downwards; but Mr. Moore goes deep into the yet more hideous tragedy which forms its afterpiece.” Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z The fall of man is the sombre afterpiece of this intensely interesting drama. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z Both works are short afterpieces intended to complement or contrast with the full-length play on the day's bill and both moralize conspicuously; the two plays could, however, hardly be more different in tone and technique. The Toy Shop (1735) The King and the Miller of Mansfield (1737) 2011-06-23T02:00:28.787Z He then pointed out to him the afterpiece it would be proper to produce on that occasion; adding, that doubtless it would recommend him to no usual degree of favor. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z These Mimes were originally represented as a sort of afterpiece, or interlude to the regular dramas, and were intended to fill up the blank which had been left by omission of the Chorus. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Joseph Boneskull, the learned phrenologist, was to make a public examination of heads, and, as a sort of afterpiece, the Professor had promised to make some experiments in biology. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z The operetta has only three acts, and is followed by no farce or afterpiece. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z With Rich himself as Harlequin, it was a wild success that season—remaining a regular and highly popular afterpiece through the 1741-42 season and later. The Scribleriad and The Difference Between Verbal and Practical Virtue 2011-01-05T03:00:54.800Z And, alas! the truth was nothing more, than that an afterpiece, to which this scene belonged, was at that time very often played upon the German stage. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z They waited for the afterpiece, enjoyed a pasty and a bottle of Beaune, and went away laughing cozily together. One-Act Plays By Modern Authors And what kind of afterpiece might yet follow the scene of today? The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History "That's true, papa, very true; and as we shall have to play in the afterpiece, the sooner we get the tragedy out of our heads the better." One Of Them The leaders neglected nothing likely to excite the populace, and prepared their last attack on the throne, their afterpiece of June 20, with as much audacity as skill. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty She was waiting for Mariana, her pretty mistress, who had that night, in the afterpiece, been acting the part of a young officer, to the no small delight of the public. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Sunday, July 28.—This day we had the afterpiece of the debauch. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) But, for the sake of the happy afterpiece, I still remember the day with joy and gratitude. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History With armor on, I continue the march, command and countermand; meantime interluding with loving thought this afterpiece of battle. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 Thus it befell that Charles Jenkin, coming too late for the epic of the French wars, played a small part in the dreary and disgraceful afterpiece of St. Helena. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 If all the marked lines were omitted, it is small wonder that this afterpiece was performed only once. The Covent Garden Theatre, or Pasquin Turn'd Drawcansir The afterpiece was what they had come to see—namely, a fearful tragedy, in which two men at least were sure of being sentenced to death. The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit Me a-trying to get the lines of that new afterpiece in my head—chock-full of business, too!—and that bell clanging forever right under my room. That Girl Montana Several persons, when the remarkable discovery was made, contended that the planet actually discovered was an intruder; and the future histories of the discovery must contain some account of this little afterpiece. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II After a brief interval for refreshments, liberally proffered, a comic afterpiece, "Mr. Nightingale's Diary," was given with far greater spirit. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. Would you learn what men gain by admitting a member of the fair sex into their conspiracies? read the tragedy of "Venice Preserved"; and, by way of afterpiece, this little chapter. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 The afterpiece, "The Lime Kiln Club," was quite a pretentious affair for a minstrel company in those days. Watch Yourself Go By But here I saw the marvellous ballet, or afterpiece, called Die Berggeist; and I will tell you why I think it marvellous. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three The tragedy of the gallows was followed by a short afterpiece. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Stock plays were always followed by an afterpiece, but the afterpiece was in most cases omitted during the first run of a new play. Critical Strictures on the New Tragedy of Elvira, Written by Mr. David Malloch Dismissed from the Stranger, however, the stage-book probably reappears in the afterpiece. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Her Clarice was perhaps the least successful of her impersonations; and given as an afterpiece, it taxed unfairly the endurance of an actress, who had already been some hours upon the stage. Mary Anderson The afterpiece is what might have been expected; an insensate desire for vengeance got hold of Ferdinand, and the last years of his life were spent in hunting down his enemies, real or imaginary. The Liberation of Italy We still speculated indolently as to the nature of the afterpiece in which we assumed this ex-hero of our comedy might yet appear. The Collectors For example, Mrs. Sheridan's Discovery opened 3 February 1763 and ran for ten nights before an afterpiece was added. Critical Strictures on the New Tragedy of Elvira, Written by Mr. David Malloch We have banished prologue and afterpiece as something old-fashioned and inartistic, but never turn one solitary eyelash when Hamlet follows up his death by rushing before the curtain and grinning his thanks. The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield Such was the burlesque that was played, they tell us, as the afterpiece to the tragedy of Crassus's expedition. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans The comedy of Munden in the afterpiece met with no better reception; not a word was listened to, and the curtain fell amid still increasing uproar and shouts of "Old prices!" Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 Night after night, we conscientiously sat out the aforesaid afterpiece, innocently supposed to be our due because it had formed a part of the initial performance. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life 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. Satanstoe Admitted to the stage, they naturally took the place of interludes or afterpieces. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius It serves admirably, however, for a parody of the stilted style of false tragical emphasis; its use, too, is much to be recommended in some kinds of Comedy, especially in small afterpieces. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature The tragedy and afterpiece were concluded full two hours before their regular time; and the cries for Mr. Kemble became so loud, that the manager thought proper to obey the summons. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 "Our Columbine in the Humpty Dumpty afterpiece," was the way the clown introduced the lady. Andy the Acrobat 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. Satanstoe In leaving the theatre, which I always did before the afterpiece, I saw not a single carriage; the night of Miss Wright's lecture, when I stayed to the end, I saw one. Domestic Manners of the Americans The afterpiece was omitted, and Macready escaping through a private door, hastened to his hotel. The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873 The performances were "The Wheel of Fortune," and an afterpiece. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 The air was chilly, and a fine rain was falling, the afterpiece of the equinoctial; the wet storm-flag hung heavily down over the fort on the height, and the waves came in sullenly. Castle Nowhere She was to perform in the afterpiece—her low boddice and short scarlet petticoat displaying the most perfect symmetry of form and roundness of proportion. The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 6 To the coarse and brutish Cleveland, now astride of Ferguson's horse and wearing his sash, and to the three hundred who followed him, may no doubt be laid the worst excesses of the battle's afterpiece. Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground For the most part, those ancient afterpieces were frankly padding, conventional farces to fill up the bill and send the audiences home happy. Washington Square Plays I now come to your jests, since as an afterpiece to Accius's DEnomaus, you have brought on the stage, not, as was his wont, an Atellan play, but, according to the present fashion, a mime. Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero The last trait I have to mention, yet more significant, is the afterpiece. The Ancient Regime The three friends went up to the second floor of a rather handsome house, and found Madame Jenny Cadine just finishing dinner, for she played that night in an afterpiece at the Gymnase. Unconscious Comedians For many generations in our playhouse it was the custom to follow the long play of the evening with an "afterpiece," generally in one act, but always brief, and almost always gay, if not farcical. Washington Square Plays The entertainment in those days would hardly have been considered complete without the "afterpiece," or, as time went on, sometimes the "curtain raiser." Washington Square Plays |
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