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Props are moving objects of attention: they can be part of theatre scenery, equal partners in performance, or autonomous things. This wide-ranging book brings together theoretical and practical viewpoints on objects in performance, covering actor training, scenography, materials, construction techniques and object theatre. Eleanor Margolies also explores the viewpoints of actors, directors, designers, prop makers and spectators to demonstrate the varied experiences practitioners have of using props.

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Acknowledgements

Series Editor´s Preface

1. Introduction
2. The Object in Actor Training and Rehearsal
3. Improvising with Stuff
4. An Abundance of Little Objects
5. Other Realities
6. Inside the Prop Workshop
7. Consumables and Breakaways
8. A Scenographic Approach to the Object
9. Object Theatre

10. Props without Actors

11. The Props Cupboard

12. Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Eleanor Margolies is an independent scholar and Research Associate of the Centre for Research into Objects and Puppets in Performance (CROPP) at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She is also a documenter for the Object Theatre Network at Nottingham Trent University. Eleanor works in theatre as a designer and director of puppetry, and founded Puppet Notebook, editing it until 2012.

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