I’m working on a theater discussion question and need a reference to help me learn.
Properties
(props for short) are anything movable or portable onstage that performers touch, handle, brandish, and use. A prop is not a permanent part of the scenery or costumes.
Props can be divided further into categories: hand props, set props, and stage dressing. A
hand prop
is “anything carried or handled by an actor. It often helps define an actor’s specific character such as a cane, cigar, liquor flask, lipstick, feather duster, floral bouquet, or sword.”
Set props
are the “large movable items not built into the set” such as furniture, large appliances, trunks, tents, etc. The
stage dressing
“encompasses all the decorative items used to enhance the visual setting. These items are rarely moved or even touched by the actors and are mostly used by the designer to establish place or time period as well as character detail.” Examples include certain lighting fixtures, art hanging on walls, curtains, books arranged on shelves, and so forth.
imagine yourself as a character in a play or musical and reflect on the props that would be associated with you.
A real dog as Toto (pictured left) versus a stuffed animal as Toto (pictured right). There are drawbacks to both choices!
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Helpful tip: Animals are tricky to categorize, but I would argue that an animal is not a prop unless it’s fake. Let’s use Dorothy’s dog Toto as an example. The director might make the choice to cast a real dog or a person dressed as a dog in the role, but either way Toto is a character in The Wizard of Oz and not a prop. But what if the director decides to represent Toto by placing a stuffed animal dog in a basket? Toto would then become a prop.
*The above quotations are taken from prophandbook.com (Links to an external site.), which is a useful website for learning more about properties.
(photo above is of a prop table for The Rocky Horror Picture Show with various props such as a doll, clipboard, and chainsaw)
(photo above is of a prop table for the musical Fame with various props such as bongo drums, a backpack, books, and a lamp)
Instructions
think about and respond to the following question:
If a designer was going to create a play or musical with you as a character, what hand props would be most central to representing you onstage?
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