Props
eBook - PDF

Props

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Props

About this book

This diverse book brings together theoretical and practical viewpoints on objects in performance, how they can be part of theatre scenery, equal partners in performance, or autonomous things. Through close analysis of specific performances, Eleanor Margolies examines actor training, scenography, materials, construction techniques and object theatre. The text investigates a number of critical questions, including: what the difference is between a theatre prop and an everyday object; how audiences respond to the various ways that props are used by actors and designers; and whether devising with 'stuff' affect the making process or the attitudes to materiality embodied in performance. With discussions of papier mâché and collapsing chairs, fake food and stage blood, Props is an essential sourcebook for students, practitioners and researchers of theatre, design and prop-making.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Series Preface
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. 1 Introduction
  6. 2 The Object in Actor Training and Rehearsal
  7. 3 Improvising with Stuff
  8. 4 An Abundance of Little Objects
  9. 5 Other Realities
  10. 6 Inside the Prop Workshop
  11. 7 Consumables and Breakaways
  12. 8 A Scenographic Approach to the Object
  13. 9 Object Theatre
  14. 10 Props without Actors
  15. 11 The Props Cupboard
  16. 12 Conclusion
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index