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/ˈmeɪnpis/ · noun
(theater) The primary play or other work performed at an evening's entertainment at the theatre, as opposed to smaller introductory or additional works..
A typical evening at the principal Dublin theatres could extend over five or six hours and consisted of a mainpiece, frequently with a prologue and epilogue, followed by one, and occasionally two, afterpieces.
Drury Lane and Covent Garden put on mainly spoken plays; the all-sung operas staged there were usually afterpieces in English, though operas with spoken dialogue also appeared among the mainpieces in various guises, including ballad opera and burletta.
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Mainpiece means (theater) The primary play or other work performed at an evening's entertainment at the theatre, as opposed to smaller introductory or additional works..
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A typical evening at the principal Dublin theatres could extend over five or six hours and consisted of a mainpiece, frequently with a prologue and epilogue, followed by one, and occasionally two, afterpieces.
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