Definition of Prologue

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Prologue

The preface or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; as, the prologue of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales;" esp., a discourse or poem spoken before a dramatic performance

One who delivers a prologue.

To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue.

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Prologue Quotations

What is past is prologue.
William Shakespeare

A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.
James Madison

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.
William Congreve

A deliberate choice on my part was for the player to continue to find new possibilities in the early Attic rooms far into the game. I think this builds atmosphere, though it means there's no neat division of the prologue from the middle game.
Graham Nelson

Prologue Translations

prologue in Dutch is voorrede, proloog
prologue in French is prologue
prologue in German is Prolog

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