II, 2, 40.
Vanity was one of the seven deadly sins often presented in old Morality plays, and many references are made to this character by the Elizabethan dramatists.
INTERLUDE.
ALB.
If you will marry, make your loves to me;
My lady is bespoke.
GON.
An interlude.
V, 3, 90.
Goneril would intimate that the interview is becoming quite interesting, and compares the scene with an interlude or a farcical play.