spectacle coupé

spectacle coupé, literally a cut or cut up representation, was coined to designate a type of program composed of two or three acts taken from different works and presented on the same bill without any attempt to unify them. The term also applied to a program composed of a work in a single act paired with an act or entrée from another work. The common practice was to select acts popular for their music, dancing, or spectacle so that the public would be lured into the theatre by the opportunity…