afterpiece

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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.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2017

Unknowingly, he has already been betrayed by a Judas among his disciples who, in an afterpiece to the fable, tries to free himself of the ownership and taint of the 30 pieces of silver.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tales My Father Taught Me, the latest entry in this sibling revelry, is an afterpiece entirely devoted to his patrician papa.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From The Liberation of Italy by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

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.

From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 by Mackay, Charles