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It is used in the prolog to set up the musical.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2021

Nobody was much excited when Vines lost the first set—his slow start had been the familiar prolog of his brilliance.

From Time Magazine Archive

The play was equipped with a prolog and epilog suggested by Miss Adams and written by old-time Dramacritic Walter Prichard Eaton, which attempted to give Twelfth Night the flavor of a play within a play.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tibbett, harassed by the strain of running an opera company whose "angel" has deserted it, comes out to sing the prolog to Pagliacci.

From Time Magazine Archive

The poem is relieved of all the episodes except the prolog and King Hrothgar’s discourse.

From The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography by Tinker, Chauncey Brewster