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Gradually, such furniture props as beds, thrones, barrels, tables, and canons were introduced. An interesting development in the Elizabethan theatre was something quite similar to the modern revolving stage. It was a device that theatre historians have named the ‘discovery space.’
Each of William Shakespeare's plays, produced during the Elizabethan era, involved props that correlated with events in the story. The props included small movable objects and larger furnishings.
The supervisor finds out what props are needed for the show and has detailed discussions with the designer about durability, materials, how props will be used, what the actors will need to do with them and how they will be stored.
Costumes and Stage Properties. The topics in this section include: Clothes worn in Shakespeare's day. Costumes on stage. Stage properties. The Elizabethan costuming page provides information and further links to sites on Elizabethan fashion. The Costume Page (Julie Zetterberg).
As Elizabethan theatre had no “background” scenery, it made sense for a set of stairs to be made and maintained by the same person or people who made and kept track of the bedstead. It is a fairly straightforward props list.
The English Renaissance theatre or Elizabethan theatre was the theatre of England from 1558 to 1642. Its most prominent playwrights were William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe and Ben Jonson.
Hi Chip, the Elizabethans invented the flexible device of a rear stage for a range of purposes. It could be masked by curtains and allow props like beds and biers to be exchanged and allow the characters to come and go, entering and exiting through the back of the rear stage.
