interlude

1. An intervening episode, feature, or period of time: "Kerensky has a place in history, of a brief interlude between despotisms" (William Safire).
2. 1. A short farcical entertainment performed between the acts of a medieval mystery or morality play.
   2. A 16th-century genre of comedy derived from this.
   3. An entertainment between the acts of a play.
3. Music. A short piece inserted between the parts of a longer composition.

[Middle English enterlude, a dramatic entertainment, from Old French entrelude, from Medieval Latin interlūdium : Latin inter-, inter- + Latin lūdus, play.]

Definition: pause, break
Antonyms: continuation

Something played or sung between the main parts of a larger work, such as an opera. In instrumental music, modulating interludes may provide a transition from the key of one movement or section to that of the next.

interlude, a short play, of a kind believed to have been performed by small companies of professional actors in the intervals of banquets and other entertainments before the emergence of the London theatres. This rather loose category includes several types of play that are regarded as transitional between the morality play and Elizabethan comedy: some resemble the morality plays in didactic intent and are sometimes called ‘moral interludes’, while others are closer to farce. Interludes flourished in England from the end of the 15th century to the late 16th century. An early example is Henry Medwall's Fulgens and Lucres (1497). The foremost author of interludes was John Heywood, who wrote The Play of the Weather (1533) among other works.

Short music used to bridge the acts of a play, or the verses of a hymn.

An interlude ("between play") is:

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• In theatre:
  • a short Play (theatre) or, in general, any representation between parts of a larger stage production
  • Entr'acte, a piece of music performed between acts of a theatrical production, or a short play-within-a-play within a larger theatrical work
  • Morality play, a modern critical term describing Medieval and early Tudor theatrical entertainments that were known as "Interludes"
• In music:
  • a section in a movement of a musical piece, see: Bridge (music) or Break (music)
  • a piece of music composed of one or more movements, to be inserted between sections of another composition: see also intermezzo, and for the Baroque era: sinfonia

Interlude as a title may refer to:

• Interlude (1968 film), a British movie
• Interlude (magic trick), a stage illusion where someone passes through a magician's body
• Interlude (visual novel), a Dreamcast video game as well as an anime OVA produced by Toei Animation

• In Music:
  • "Interlude" (aka "A Night in Tunisia"), a 1942 composition by Dizzy Gillespie.
  • "Interlude" (1957 song), a Skinner/Webster song recorded by the McGuire Sisters in 1957
  • "Interlude" (Morrissey and Siouxsie song), a song by Morrissey and Siouxsie Sioux
  • Interlude (Saint Etienne album), a 2001 album by British band Saint Etienne
  • Interlude (Iron Savior album), a 1999 EP by heavy metal band Iron Savior
  • Interlude (Kool Moe Dee album), a 1994 album by rapper Kool Moe Dee
  • Interlude (Toshiko Akiyoshi album), a 1987 album by jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi
  • A song by (+44) on their album When Your Heart Stops Beating
  • A song by Leftöver Crack, on their album Mediocre Generica
  • A song by My Chemical Romance on their album Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
  • A song by Timi Yuro
  • A brief instrumental introduction to Muse's song Hysteria on their album Absolution
  • "An Interlude", a song by Atreyu on the album The Curse
  • A song by Attack Attack! on their debut album Someday Came Suddenly

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mellemspil, pause, afbrydelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
intermezzo, tussenbedrijf, onderbreking

Français (French)
n. - (Cin, Théât, Mus) entracte, (Théât) intermède, (Mus) interlude, intervalle (entre)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Pause, Intermezzo, Zwischenspiel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διάλειμμα, παύση μεταξύ πράξεων θεατρικού έργου, ιντερμέτζο, (μουσ., μτφ.) ιντερλούδιο, εμβόλιμο κομμάτι

Italiano (Italian)
intervallo, intermezzo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - interlúdio (m)

Русский (Russian)
антракт, промежуточный эпизод, прерывать действие пьесы промежуточным эпизодом

Español (Spanish)
n. - descanso, intermedio, intervalo, interludio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mellanspel (äv. bildl.), intervall, (medeltida) mellanaktsspel, interludium (mus.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
幕间, 插曲, 幕间时间

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 幕間, 插曲, 幕間時間

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 짬, 간주곡, 막간[극]

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 合間, 幕間, 幕間劇, 間奏曲, 幕間の演芸

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فصل إضافي ( يتخلل فصول المسرحيه) , لحن إضافي, فترة فاصله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הפוגה, הפסקה, נעימת ביניים, קטע-ביניים משעשע‬

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