Stage Property Design
ca. 1985
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Theatrical properties are divided into two kinds, hand 'props' (anything that an actor can pick up or hold) and set props (such as furniture). Whereas theatrical designs for costumes or sets are relatively common, designs for props are much rarer. Yet on a set, everything has to be appropriate to the whole or, indeed, be an indicator of the personality of the characters who live there. Alix Stone produced these sketches for props in a production of the opera The Bear, and they immediately indicate to an audience that the production is comic and somewhat 'over the top'.
Object details
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| Brief description | Designs for theatrical properties by Alix Stone for an unidentified production of 'The Bear', possibly 1987. |
| Physical description | Sketches of theatrical properties including a birdcage, a portrait trimmed with hair and beard in an ornate oval frame, a bird in a hutch, a goat's head, a double portrait in an ornate frame, the man trimmed with hair and beard, the woman with wool hair, pearls around the neck and paper collage simulating a dress and a walllamp with frilly shade. Attached is a sample of black lace. |
| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Annotated with measurements and notes about details of the hutch and lamshade |
| Credit line | Given by Dr Ray Ingram |
| Object history | Prop sketch by Alix Stone for an unidentified production of William Walton's opera 'The Bear', possibly in 1987. |
| Production | Reason For Production: Commission |
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| Literary reference | The Bear |
| Summary | Theatrical properties are divided into two kinds, hand 'props' (anything that an actor can pick up or hold) and set props (such as furniture). Whereas theatrical designs for costumes or sets are relatively common, designs for props are much rarer. Yet on a set, everything has to be appropriate to the whole or, indeed, be an indicator of the personality of the characters who live there. Alix Stone produced these sketches for props in a production of the opera The Bear, and they immediately indicate to an audience that the production is comic and somewhat 'over the top'. |
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| Accession number | S.69-2004 |
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| Record created | January 13, 2005 |
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