‘The introducer,’ an in- terlude acted by inferior characters (such as servants, buffoon &c.) for the purpose of acquainting the audience with events not represent- ed on the stage, but a knowledge of which is essential for the proper understanding of what follows; (like the Viṣkambhaka it con- nects the story of the drama and the subdivisions of the plot, by briefly referring to what has oc- curred in the intervals...