The prologue reveals details about the play to provide background information and set the stage for the audience, helping them understand the story and themes that will unfold.
A prologue is an introduction to a book or play.
A prologue is explanatory text or information presented to an audience so that the action of the poem, book, or play can take place without an establishing sequence or exposition. It is the opening section of a longer work. It also means the preface or introductory part of a novel, long poem, or play. A prologue can provide background information, hint at theme, or foreshadow (or obviously reveal) what is yet to come. An example of a prologue is the prologue found before Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Other examples could begin with phrases such as : "This book is about...and how the characters..." "The origin of this story is..." "The setting of this play is in..."
It is telling you what is going to happen in the story.
The prologue typically introduces the main themes, setting, and characters of the play. It may provide background information or set the tone for the rest of the story. Ultimately, the prologue serves as a preview or "teaser" for the audience to understand what to expect from the play.
The Prologue
There is no prologue to Shakespeare's play. There is a prologue, however, to the play-within-a-play Pyramus and Thisbe, which is read by Peter Quince, by whom the play was written, produced and directed.
reveal the plot, get the groundlings interested, and allow Shakespeare to compose a sonnet
It is a prologue.
Prologue
The cast of Silver Wings - 1922 includes: Maybeth Carr as Ruth (prologue) Roy Gordon as George Mills (play) Florence Haas as Little Anna (play) Robert Hazelton as The Minister (prologue) Percy Helton as John (play) Ernest Hilliard as Jerry Gibbs (play) May Kaiser as Her Child Knox Kincaid as John (prologue) Joseph Monahan as Harry (prologue) Florence Short as Widow Martin (prologue) Joseph Striker as Harry (play) Jane Thomas as Ruth (play)
It is in the prologue.
Romeo and Juliet