Interlude
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An Interlude is a term that refers to a short play, dance, musical presentation, acrobatic entertainment, etc. performed between acts of a theatrical production, or between the various items (plays, dances and musical presentations) that go to make up a longer evening's theatrical event.
The latter practice was especially prominent during the 18th and 19th century theatre, also in colonial in Cape Town.
The term is related to the French term "Entr'acte", referring to a piece of music performed between acts of a theatrical production, or a short play-within-a-play within a larger theatrical work.
