The prop's the thing : stage properties reconsidered / [editor, J.K. Curry].

Selected papers from the 2009 SETC Theatre Symposium held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Includes bibliographical references.

Through the eyes of the property director / Bland M. Wade Jr. -- "Summon up the blood" : the stylized (or sticky) stuff of violence in three plays by Sarah Kane / Christine Woodworth -- Helen's theatrical mêchanê : props and costumes in Euripides' Helen / Sarah Powers -- A cannonade of weapons : signs of transgression in the early commedia dell'arte / Kyna Hamill -- Adding some "PEP" ("proto-expressionistic props") to the Swedish stage : Strindberg's property usage and his intima teater / Christopher J. Mitchell -- Rattle away at your bin : women, community, and bin lids in Northern Irish drama / Eleanor Owicki -- Bearing witness : the noose as an iconic prop in African American theatre / Adrienne C. Macki -- Hawaiian culture propped high with meaning : the lei hoaka in Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl's Emmalehua / Stefani Overman-Tsai -- Revisiting Eva Marie Saint's white glove : on props, neurons, subtext, and empathy / Andrew Kimbrough -- From props to affordances : an ecological approach to theatrical objects / Teemu Paavolainen -- "Take up the bodies" : Shakespeare's body parts, babies, and corpses / Andrew Sofer.

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Stage properties are an often-ignored aspect of theatrical productions, in part because their usage is meant to be seamlessly integrated into the performance instead of a focal point for the audience. However, a skillfully used prop can augment the action, just as a malfunctioning prop can destroy the illusion of the scene. The essays in "Theatre Symposium: Volume 18" approach the subject of stage props from many angles, and include examinations of props in contemporary and historical productions, explorations of the cultural significance of specific props, and arguments about the

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