Forster, Sascha (2020). Reusing Props at the National Theatre, London: Considering Theatre Materiality in a Historiographical Context. Theatre Res. Int., 45 (3). S. 337 - 344. NEW YORK: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1474-0672
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Over the last years, the National Theatre, London (NT) has presented props and costumes in its restaurant, the Green Room, and in its bar, the Propstore, thereby shedding a different light on theatre objects. It also widely advertises the option of hiring costumes and props from its Hire department. These practices challenge theatre studies to reconsider the usage of theatre objects and their manifold stage lives not only as stories of (in)animation, but as what I call potentials of reusage. Presenting theatre objects in unusual locations like a restaurant emphasizes that these objects are built or manipulated in theatre workshops, thereby shedding light on the craftsmanship that is foundational to every production. The labour of the workshops, as well as different backstage operations, has been ignored by theatre historiography. Analysing the NT's different staging of props invites us to look into the hidden histories of theatre materiality.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-316315 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0307883320000358 | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Theatre Res. Int. | ||||||||
| Volume: | 45 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | S. 337 - 344 | ||||||||
| Date: | 2020 | ||||||||
| Publisher: | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS | ||||||||
| Place of Publication: | NEW YORK | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1474-0672 | ||||||||
| Language: | English | ||||||||
| Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Subjects: | no entry | ||||||||
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| URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/31631 |
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