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The prologue removed his hat and wore no makeup. He may have carried a book, scroll, or placard displaying the title of the play. [1]: 24 He was introduced by three short trumpet calls, on the third of which he entered and took a position downstage. He made three bows in the current fashion of the court, and then addressed the audience.
A movie prologue or prolog was a short live vaudeville show, performed at the start of film showings in movie theaters in the United States, especially at the end of the silent film era in the 1920s and early 1930s.
The frame story of the poem, as set out in the 858 lines of Middle English which make up the General Prologue, is of a religious pilgrimage. The narrator, Geoffrey Chaucer, is in The Tabard Inn in Southwark, where he meets a group of 'sundry folk' who are all on the way to Canterbury, the site of the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket, a martyr reputed to have the power of healing the sinful.
The prologues provide background on the traditional authors (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) and their theological purposes. [1] [2] Since Luke and John were also credited with the Acts of the Apostles and the Book of Revelation, respectively, information contained in their prologues was eventually spun out into separate prologues to Acts and ...
The version in Otho A.vi attributes the work to Alfred the Great in both its prose and verse prologues, and this was long accepted by scholars. To quote the prose, King Alfred was the interpreter of this book, and turned it from book Latin into English, as it is now done.
Fifty-six passages bearing the collective title prooimia (or prooimia dēmēgorika) — (demegoric) prologues or preambles, also Exordia — are extant. These were openings of Demosthenes' speeches, collected by Callimachus for the Library of Alexandria, and preserved in several of the manuscripts that contain Demosthenes' speeches. [16]
One of the main characteristics of ecclesiastic historiography is the common presence of goals and methods in the prologue of the works. [2] Through the analysis of the prologues of medieval history books, it is possible to understand how the work was produced, for what purpose it was developed, to whom it was intended, and what methods were applied in its making.
Art of the Title. – A compendium and leading web resource of film and television title design from around the world, including interviews and behind-the-scenes materials. "Forget the Film, Watch the Titles". Watch the Titles. – A collection of title sequences and interviews with designers. "Greatest TV opening credits of all time".