 Lope de Rueda (1510-1565)

Lope de Rueda was a professional actor-manager who toured different town squares setting up a stages to perform.He specifically wrote and performed an introductory prologue called "Introito que hace el Autor (An Introito that the Playwright performs)" and also wrote "introitos" or "argumentos" for his later plays, "Colloquio de Camila" and "Colloquio de Timbria.