Making out a property plot is much the same as making a scene plot.
The number of each act and scene is placed upon it, as well as the aids
props, and the relative positions of larger ones, as follows:
+-------------------------------------------------+
| “BLACK SLAYER.” |
| PROPS. |
+------+------------------------------------------+
|SCENE.| ACT FIRST. |
+------+------------------------------------------+
| 1. | Purse for Ronaldo. Flagon and cups |
| | in set house _R._ Bank _L._ covered with |
| | buffalo skin. |
| | |
| 2. | Knife for Lady Eva. |
| | |
| 3. | Written will for Leah, blank one, to |
| | burn, for Rupert. Red fire. |
| | |
| | CURTAIN. |
+------+------------------------------------------+
The end of each act is marked by the word “curtain,” but nothing at the
end of the scene.
The property man fashions everything, from a toothpick to an elephant.
If the heavy villain is to throw himself carelessly upon a couch of
skins, it is the property man’s duty to see that it is there. Again,
should the guards of my lord, the duke, close around him, and protect
him from the onslaught of the ruffians who are attacking him, the
property man fashions the spears they use, and to him should they be
returned at the end of the play.