THE OBJECT´S TRAJECTORY IN THE THEATRICAL STAGING: FROM EVERYDAY LIFE TO THE EPIPHANY OF THE SCENE
Keywords: Scenic objects. Props. Theater. Semiology. Phenomenology. Performativity. Scene visuals.
The research proposes an investigation of the props inserted in the theatrical scene, takes the notions of semiology and phenomenology as a focal perspective. From the revisiting of the chronicle of material objects throughout its historiography, passing through concepts and theoretical foundations of studies of theatricality, performativity, theater, along with examples of staging and directors, with a special focus on the modern mise-en-scène. It proposes a reflection on the operation of objects within the scenic event, in its most variable aspects, considering its intrinsic relationship with the other elements that constitute contemporary staging. The hypothesis is that the object has always operated since its beginnings, acting effectively from the pre-theatrical sphere, later in the domain of the scene, mainly throughout the 20th century, for the effective validation of several theories, procedures, thoughts, and theatrical concepts, consolidating modern and contemporary staging as scenic material - its directors, playwrights, and researchers - with a direct implication for this strengthening. it is examined from a contemporary approach to recognize the “scenic object/props” as an active agent of theatrical staging or, more, as a basic tool of “scenic writing” in some contemporary theatrical manifestations. Thus, the study proposes for a conceptual uplift of the “scenic object”, reassessing its “supporting role”, with the intention of creating new theatrical debates, especially for the contents about the composite visual elements of the scene.