Dramatic prologues occur in some of the later Italian pastorals (see p.
On all these occasions we may suppose that other prologues were substituted for that addressed to gran Caterina and magnanimo Carlo[195].
His prologues had such reputation, that for some time a play was considered as less likely to be well received, if some of his verses did not introduce it.
It is remarkable, that his prologues and epilogues are all his own, though he sometimes supplied others; he afforded help, but did not solicit it.
Compare the chorus prologues to Dekker's Old Fortunatus, which are in exactly the same style.
I affirm without hesitation that the prologues to all five Acts are non-Shakespearean, and plainly by one other hand.
That the prologues are interpolated is shown by their diction; the wit is often poor, and the language un-Plautine, or imitated closely from Plautus' genuine works.
The prologues in their present form probably date from a period shortly after that in which Terence flourished, when there was a want of new plays, and people went back to Plautus.
All the prologues have suffered from interpolation, but those of Amph.
Both in his prologues and denouements he is very lavish of unmeaning appearances of the gods, who are only elevated above men by the machine in which they are suspended, and who might certainly well be spared.
Several similar extracts from Italian comic prologues may be found in Symonds, v.
There are indeed to be heard occasional notes of dissatisfaction and revolt, especially in the prologues of popular plays.
The prologues of Ariosto's comedies, the Negromante and the Cassaria, are also in classical metres.
Two truths are told, As happy prologues to the swelling act Of the imperial theme-I thank you, gentlemen.
Shall we clap into't roundly, without hawking, or spitting, or saying we are hoarse, which are the only prologues to a bad voice?
Alluding, probably, to the disturbances which took place at the first representation of the Hecyra, and which are mentioned in the Prologues to that Play.
He is mentioned by Terence in all his Prologues except that to the Hecyra, and seems to have made it the business of his life to run down his productions and discover faults in them.
If I had sufficient provocation to rail at the public, as Ben Jonson did at the audience in the Prologues to his plays, I think I should do it in good set terms, nearly as follows.
There is evidence, however, that many of the books printed by De Worde, that have prologues by Robert Copland, were first printed by him, and that in others he had a share in the copies.
It is difficult to conceive now that certain of the prologues and epilogues of Dryden and his contemporaries could ever have been delivered, at any time, upon any stage.
After the Restoration prologues appear to have been held more than ever necessary to theatrical exhibitions.
The prologues of our stage date from the earliest period of the British drama.
Of prologues generally, Johnson pronounced that Dryden's were superior to any that David Garrick had written, but that Garrick had written more good prologues than Dryden.
The writing ofprologues even became a kind of special and profitable vocation.
It is to be noted that but few of Shakespeare's prologues and epilogues have been preserved.
Prologues have now vanished, however, and are not likely to be reintroduced.
The prologues of Ben Jonson and Beaumont and Fletcher frequently deprecate the hissing of the audience.
And by Jove, I'll not stop to cut up your verses word by word, but if the gods are propitious I'll spoil all your prologueswith a little flask of smelling-salts.
For those smelling-salts fit your prologues like a kid glove.
I've lots of prologues where he can't work 'em in.
Those who wish to know the inartistic expedients to which he resorted to gain applause should read the prologues of Terence, which are most valuable materials for literary criticism.
The prologues prefixed to nearly all the plays are interesting from their fidelity to the Greek custom, whereas those of Terence are more personal, and so resemble the modern prologue.
All his prologues speak of bitter opposition, misrepresentation, and dislike; but he refuses to lower his high conception of his art.
The continual reiteration that we find in suchprologues as the Amph.
Yet these prologues were undoubtedly composed, as Ritschl has shown (Par.
Hence Southerne, who was peculiarly fortunate in his dramatic revenue, is designed by Pope as "Tom sent down to raise The price of prologues and of plays.
His necessities obliged him, among other modes of increasing his income, to accept of a small pecuniary tribute for furnishing prologues on remarkable occasions, or for new plays; and his principles determined their tendency.
Garrick's prologuesand epilogues are as bad as his Pindarics and pantomimes.
For other metrical catalogues see first and secondprologues to Richard Coeur de Lion.
Yet the world's mended well; in former days Good prologues were as scarce as now good plays.
We have followed the judicious example of Warton and Mitford in excluding severalPrologues which appear in some editions, but which reflect no honour on their author.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "prologues" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
