General description:

The props that were utilized in the play Michael Kohlhaas were simple props but was interactive with the characters and was used throughout the play. Some of the props that were used in the play, to show that the characters were relaxing and some when the characters were anxious or agitated. The prop that was used to show them relaxing was a shell shaped bath tub which was filled with warm water (so the actors don’t fall ill). Another prop was pieces of cartons which was used to show the audience, that the character was sending letters to ask for his horse. Another prop used to represent agitation, anxious and sometimes relaxation were cigarettes. A toy lobster was also used as a prop to enact that they were having a feast, which did not play an active role in the play.

There were also props like a small table, some chairs, cutlery and food that was used, which did not represent an important role in the play but was still used by the characters to exhibit as a meeting place. An important prop was a horse which was a main part of the play.  The horse was depicted as a dead horse, which the actor brings out towards the end of the play which persuades the audience that he found the horse but it was dead.

Specific Description:

The shell shaped bath tub and the warm water was often interactive with the actors.  When the characters decided to relax and talk about the horse they used the tub as the mode of relaxation and interacted with the warm water. A beach umbrella was also used as an interactive medium with the actor when he used the umbrella to cover his face to hide himself from Michael Kohlhaas, to enact that Michael Kohlhaas was talking to another person. Aside from some crucial props for example the paper castle, the ink and the letter the rest of the props were not so impact and they are traditional linear props.