The improvised 'Saturae'-'dramatic Medleys or farces with musical accompaniment'-had been represented on Roman holidays for more than a century before the first performance of a regular play by Livius Andronicus.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
He thought masques should be kept distinct from comedies, and he had no liking for fantastic Medleys.
"How Shakspere Came to Write the Tempest"
Rudyard Kipling Ashley H. Thorndike
And then, all, in a monthly volume, as Medleys for the Month.
"Happy-Thought Hall"
F. C. Burnand