DESIGN
PROPS he props for The Little Mermaid needn’t be complicated. Besides a few key items that are necessary to the storytelling, everything else is icing on the cake. All human props should look realistic, while those found under the sea can be more fantastical. Below is a list of essential props along with the page number(s) on which they appear in the script. • Silver Chalice: 3 • Candelabra: 3 • Fork: 4-7, 22, 72 • Old-Fashioned Tobacco Pipe: 8, 72 • Trident: 9, 13, 48-49, 95-98 • Human Artifacts: 22, 47-49 • Spyglass: 29, 47-49 • Contract: 56-58, 94 • Ursula’s Shell: 56-59, 78, 98 • Hand Bell: 73 • Serving Platters with Silver Domes: 73-74 • Staff: 89-90
Chef Louis presents the wedding cake. Marian High School, Omaha, NE
• Cake: 102 If available to you, you may want to consider adding the following props to increase the authenticity of your production: • Conductor’s Baton:10 • Underwater Flower (with removable petals): 41 • Garland of Red Sea Anemones: 22, 49 • Teacup Fragment: 49 • Broken Telescope: 49 • Butcher Knife: 70 • Big Copper Pot: 71 • Faux Food (under platter domes): 73
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Disney’s The Little Mermaid Production Handbook
Chef Louis wields his knife in “Les Poissons.” Levels at the Great Neck Library; Great Neck, NY