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Royal Order of Jesters Titles: What Is a Property Man?
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•The 13 members of the Original Cast of the Royal Order of
Jesters all held titles derived in some way from theatre.
•Many of those titles have carried over to the modern day, and
some of them have origins a little more obscure than others.
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•The term “royal tragedian,” for instance, is relatively easy to
parse. But where did the title of royal property man come from?
•In theatre, the property man, also called a property master or a
propman, holds responsibility over the gear, props, and other
items necessary to produce a play.
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•The property man’s purview includes every physical piece of the set
that the actors touch, with the exception of weapons and costumes,
which have their own overseers.
•The job involves a great deal of collaboration; before a production
even begins, the property man meets with the set decorator, director,script supervisor, and other members of the production staff to
determine prop needs.
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