TRUE
Props
On the sides
Yes they did. They used a range of props from big props (ie. beds and cannons which were left on the stage) to smaller props (like daggers and swords).
Props in sixteenth-century productions were just like props of today. If they needed swords, they had swords. If they needed drinking glasses, they had drinking glasses. They had a skull for Hamlet, a handkerchief for Othello, and a ring for Viola. They did not go in for unnecessary props, props just to decorate the stage. Although Tree insisted on real rabbits to decorate the stage in Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare assuredly did not.
The set designer (or set manager, or set dresser) is responsible for verifying and maintaining the prop items. During production, they may be handled by an assistant, or by a designated "props manager", who coordinates with the set manager and the stage director to assure that the props are properly placed and handled.
Props
On the sides
Yes they did. They used a range of props from big props (ie. beds and cannons which were left on the stage) to smaller props (like daggers and swords).
Yes
You should keep the props and stage clean first. You then wax the stage as required.
Stage hand
Props in sixteenth-century productions were just like props of today. If they needed swords, they had swords. If they needed drinking glasses, they had drinking glasses. They had a skull for Hamlet, a handkerchief for Othello, and a ring for Viola. They did not go in for unnecessary props, props just to decorate the stage. Although Tree insisted on real rabbits to decorate the stage in Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare assuredly did not.
Stage properties
An assistant stage manager is a person in the theatre whose job it is to maintain and supply props from backstage.
The set designer (or set manager, or set dresser) is responsible for verifying and maintaining the prop items. During production, they may be handled by an assistant, or by a designated "props manager", who coordinates with the set manager and the stage director to assure that the props are properly placed and handled.
The word "props" is short for "properties" and means any moveable thing which can be moved onto or carried onto the stage. This includes set props like tables, beds and benches, and hand props like swords, rings, candlesticks, letters and so on. Shakespeare did not own any props: the company he worked for (and which he was a shareholder in) did have all of the above props and many more.
Anything moveable or portable on a stage or set, anything used by an actor