The rhymed verse that George Waggner recites at the beginning of the show smacks of the classic prologue that were a staple of Elizabethan and Restoration plays.
Harold Miller is identified in the prologue as the set dresser, the person who arranges and places props and other items of utility on the set.
Francois Villon was a 15th century French poet. He was also renown in his lifetime for his scrapes with the law and roguish behavior, which he would call adventures and much of which he used as inspiration in his writings.