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Staging choices

Costume
Set Design and Props
Doubling Roles
Staging the Ghost

Tom Piper's designs

Context: Tom Piper, the designer for this production of Hamlet, has worked with Michael Boyd for 12 years. A director and designer often strike up a long-term partnership when their ways of thinking and working help to stimulate creativity.

Most designers create a model box for the production which allows them to share their ideas with other members of the creative team.

Set Design and Props

Principles of set design
Tom Piper's designs
Using props to advance the action
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