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ABOUT THE JOURNAL
Official journal of the Southeastern Theatre Conference. Theatre Symposium is a scholarly publication featuring select papers presented at the annual Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) Theatre Symposium Event. This two-day conference focuses on a single scholarly topic related to theatre. Recent topics include: Comedy as Practiced on Stage, Commedia dell'Arte Performance, Theatre in the Antebellum South, Voice of the Dramaturg, The Reemergence of the Theatre Building in the Renaissance, and Drama as Rhetoric/Rhetoric as Drama.
INSIDE THE LATEST ISSUE
The Prop's the Thing: Stage Properties Reconsidered
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. The contributors illuminate many aspects of this largely ignored yet crucial part of the theatre. Kyna Hamill looks at prop weapons 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.
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