ii. Properties Required in the Globe Plays

THE SHAKESPEAREAN PLAYS:

Property Plays Scenes Method of Introduction
Tables Othello I, iii      probably discovered
Pericles II, iii no indication
Antony and Cleopatra II, vii brought on
Antony and Cleopatra I, ii brought on
Timon I, ii brought on
Timon III, vi brought on
Macbeth III, iv probably brought on
As You Like It II, v probably brought on
Hamlet V, ii brought on
Macbeth V, i use uncertain
Julius Caesar IV, iii use uncertain
 
Seats Antony and Cleopatra II, vii brought on (stool)
Coriolanus II, ii brought on (stool)
Othello V, ii brought on
King Lear IV, vii brought on
Julius Caesar III, i probably brought on
Hamlet I, i probably brought on
Measure for Measure V, i probably brought on
All’s Well II, i probably brought on
Pericles V, i probably brought on
Pericles V, i probably discovered
Antony and Cleopatra III, x probably brought on
Coriolanus I, iii probably brought on
Hamlet III, iv no indication
King Lear III, vi no indication
Julius Caesar IV, iii no indication
Pericles I, ii no indication
All’s Well II, iii no indication
Coriolanus V, iii no indication
Antony and Cleopatra II, ii no indication
Macbeth III, iv probably discovered
Hamlet III, ii no indication
King Lear III, vii no indication
 
Beds Antony and Cleopatra V, ii taken off
Pericles III, i probably discovered
Othello V, ii probably discovered
Julius Caesar IV, iii no indication (cushions)
King Lear III, vii probably discovered (cushions)
Pericles V, i discovered
 
Scaffold Antony and Cleopatra IV, xvi probably brought on
Julius Caesar III, ii brought on
Troilus and Cressida I, ii probably brought on
 
Tombs Timon V, iii no indication
Pericles IV, iv no indication
 
Tents Julius Caesar IV, ii use uncertain
All’s Well III, vi use uncertain
Troilus and Cressida I, iii use uncertain
 
Trees, Rocks, etc. As You Like It III, ii use uncertain
All’s Well IV, i use uncertain
As You Like It II, v use uncertain
King Lear V, ii use uncertain
Antony and Cleopatra IV, xiii use uncertain
Timon IV, iii use uncertain
Twelfth Night II, v no indication
Hamlet III, ii no indication
 
Straw King Lear III, iv discovered
Julius Caesar V, v no indication
Julius Caesar V, iii use uncertain
Merry Wives of Windsor V, vi use uncertain
 
Statue Julius Caesar III, i use uncertain
 
Desk Merry Wives of Windsor I, iv use uncertain
 
Stocks King Lear II, ii brought on
 
Cauldron Macbeth IV, i taken off
 
Chest Pericles III, ii brought on
 
Corpses Pericles I, i probably discovered
Total number of properties         65
Less properties whose use is uncertain 15
Total number of properties used 50
 
Properties brought on 12 24% ┐
Properties probably brought on 11 22% ├ 50%  
Properties taken off 2 4% ┘
 
Properties discovered 2 4% ┐ 18%
Properties probably discovered 7 14% ┘
 
Properties for whom method of introduction
is not indicated		 16 32%