A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting.

A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama.

A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line.

In opera, instrumental music performed between scenes.

or INTERMEZZO — An orchestral selection played between scenes in an opera. It is used to set a mood and even advance the story.

scene or staged event in a play not specifically tied to the plot; in medieval England, a short moral play, usually comic, that could be presented at a court banquet amid other activities.

a brief show (music or dance etc) performed between the sections of another performance

a short period of music (or just time) between two sets of music or theatre

Any musical passage that occurs between choruses in an arrangement, whether between the head and the first solo, within a solo, between solos, or between the last solo and the return to the head

music played between sections of a composition

an additional section in a tune, especially one between one person's solo and another's. The Dizzy Gillespie standard A Night In Tunisia has a famous interlude.

Music usually played between sections of a musical or dramatic work.

a short instrumental passage or self-contained piece that is often provided by a composer to cover a change of scene or to move dramatically from one mood or atmosphere to another.

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

Interlude is a 1968 drama film.