interlude

noun

1. a short, humorous play formerly presented between the parts of a miracle play or morality play
2. a short play of a sort popular in the Tudor period, either farcical or moralistic in tone and with a plot typically derived from French farce or the morality play
3. any performance between the acts of a play
4. instrumental music played between the parts of a song, liturgy, play, etc.
5. 1. anything that fills time between two events
   2. intervening time or, rarely, space