Theatre Symposium, Vol. 18
The Prop's The Thing: Stage Properties Reconsidered
The contributors illuminate many aspects of this largely ignored yet crucial part of the theatre. Kyna Hamill looks at props as a means to mark social status. Christine Woodworth addresses the challenges presented by using blood onstage, while Andrew Sofer discusses the use of prop corpses on the Shakespearean stage. Andrew Kimbrough moves from an examination of actors’ use of props to a consideration of audience response to performance. Other essays investigate specific objects or productions, and introduce provocative and original perspectives to the growing discussion about stage properties.
J.K. Curry is Associate Professor of Theatre History at Wake Forest University and the author of John Guare: A Research and Production Sourcebook and Nineteenth-Century American Women Theatre Managers.
Theatre Symposium, Vol. 20
Gods and Groundlings: Historical Theatrical Audiences
Edited by Edward Bert Wallace; Introduction by Edward Bert Wallace
