{"product_id":"the-stage-life-of-props-andrew-sofer-9780472068395","title":"The Stage Life of Props","description":"In \u003ci\u003eThe Stage Life of Props\u003c\/i\u003e, Andrew Sofer aims to restore to certain props the performance dimensions that literary critics are trained not to see, then to show that these props are not just accessories, but time machines of the theater. \u003cbr\u003e Using case studies that explore the Eucharistic wafer on the medieval stage, the bloody handkerchief on the Elizabethan stage, the skull on the Jacobean stage, the fan on the Restoration and early eighteenth-century stage, and the gun on the modern stage, Andrew Sofer reveals how stage props repeatedly thwart dramatic convention and reinvigorate theatrical practice. \u003cbr\u003e While the focus is on specific objects, Sofer also gives us a sweeping history of half a millennium of stage history as seen through the device of the prop, revealing that as material ghosts, stage props are a way for playwrights to animate stage action, question theatrical practice, and revitalize dramatic form. \u003cbr\u003e Andrew Sofer is Assistant Professor of English, Boston College. He was previously a stage director.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Sofer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472068393\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472068395\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.12w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2004 pg. 1308","brand":"Andrew Sofer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919898083583,"sku":"9780472068395","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8852a82d-a251-474e-b5a0-c74c78cc3535.jpg?v=1680812517","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-stage-life-of-props-andrew-sofer-9780472068395","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}