The Theatre Props Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Theater Properties, Materials and Construction (Paperback)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 270 pages
• Publisher: Players Press; 2 Revised edition (July 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 088734934X
• ISBN-13: 978-0887349348
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #548,294 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars useful, surprising and inspiring, May 11, 2001

By	Martin H Taylor (Rewood Shores, CA USA) - See all my reviews

As an amateur prop and model builder I stumbled across this book after first reading Thurston James' bible on molding and casting. Although not as comprehensive as that book, and feeling a little dated, this book nonetheless is packed with useful, surprising and inspiring information. Some of the projects he describes do rely on a pretty well equipped workshop but there is still plenty here that anyone could attempt.

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Solid Guide To Making Props, October 14, 2008

By	CFH "chillnhill" (Blue Ridge Summit, PA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

"The Theater Props Handbook" is a fantastic guide to making a almost any stage or movie prop you could need. This is a fairly detailed work with good (but Black and White) photos showing the most important steps and the provided examples are generic enough to be applied to other projects (wood grains and other finishes, for example).

I learned a good bit and picked up some interesting ideas just by paging through the book. This will likely be my "go to" guide for hard to build projects for a long time to come.

Recommended! I also recommend The Prop Builder's Molding & Casting Handbook, by James

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review, October 9, 2007

By	Suzanne C. Murphy - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The Book has several interesting ways of doing props. It is detailed and has plenty of illustrations to use as examples.