Sound Effect: The Theatre We Hear

by Ross Brown

Book Overview

Longlisted for the PQ Best Publication Award in Performance Design & Scenography 2023

Sound Effect tells the story of the effect of theatrical aurality on modern culture. Beginning with the emergence of the modern scenic sound effect in the late 18th century, and ending with headphone theatre which brings theatre's auditorium into an intimate relationship with the audience's internal sonic space, the book relates contemporary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350236004
• ISBN13: 9781350236004
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"