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  • Vaguely related: Shakespearean comedies are often produced with a slightly unrelated song-and-dance at the end. Have been for centuries. It might have started the trope. Commented Mar 11, 2014 at 23:27
  • @vastra360: Do you have any examples? Commented Mar 12, 2014 at 8:22
  • Production history is much harder to cite for plays than for movies, especially before newspapers were preserved. I know that it's a common practice at the Globe. Commented Mar 12, 2014 at 15:29