Brown explores relationships between sound and theatre, focusing on sound's interdependence and interaction with human performance and drama. Suggesting different ways in which sound may be interpreted to create meaning, it includes key writings on sound design, as well as perspectives from beyond the discipline.
Series Editor's Preface
Introduction: The Theatre of Sound
PART I: DRAMATURGICALLY ORGANISED NOISE
Defining Theatre Sound Design
What the Textbooks Say
The Pre-History of Sound Design
Alternative Takes
Five Sound Designers in their Own Words
PART II: THEATRICALLY ORGANISED HEARING
Problems with Sound as Scenography
Live Listening: The Aural Phenomenology of Theatre Resounding Theatres
Alternative Realities
John Levack Drever on Sound Effect-Object-Event
Conclusion
Bibliography.
