ROSS BROWN is Dean of Studies and Reader in Sound at the Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK. He is Convenor of the International Theatre Sound Colloquium His professional career as a theatre composer, musician and sound designer includes productions for BBC Radio Drama, Shared Experience, RSC, The Almeida, BAC, The Gate, The Royal Court, The Shadow Syndicate, Glasgow Citizens', Lancaster Duke's, Derby Playhouse, Red Shift and many other prestigious companies in the commercial and subsidised sectors.
ROSS BROWN is Dean of Studies and Reader in Sound at the Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK. He is Convenor of the International Theatre Sound Colloquium His professional career as a theatre composer, musician and sound designer includes productions for BBC Radio Drama, Shared Experience, RSC, The Almeida, BAC, The Gate, The Royal Court, The Shadow Syndicate, Glasgow Citizens', Lancaster Duke's, Derby Playhouse, Red Shift and many other prestigious companies in the commercial and subsidised sectors.

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.