Sound Effect : The Theatre We Hear (Paperback)

Acknowledgements Now hear this (a preface) PART ONE Theatrical hearing 1 It's obviously an effect (An introduction) Splat By design 2 Dispositions The god sound Auditory space and its dramaturgy The scenography of sound 3 Auditorium A space in process A fictional ontology PART TWO Reconfigurations 4 Present (A theatre about our person) Inscape Personal audio / immersive theatre The hi-fi cell 5 A sound from the suburbs (The curious story of Colonel Gouraud) An electric house A baby cries Anathema maranatha! 6 Picturing the scene The scenic reconfiguration The picturesque of sound The Eidophusikon PART THREE 'Our thunder is the best' (Living in the audio world) 7 Arty, exotic and gothic Pop, art and the theatre of hearing The theatre we daydream Thunder on the ear 8 Inside out (Symbolism, cinema and The Bells) The soundtrack, its prehistory and audiovisual morphology My God, it's coming out of your ears! The free ear 9 Audio drama The sound effect in its widest sense (the stuff of radio) The theatre Corwin heard Common sound The Anatomy of Sound, by Norman Corwin 10 Conclusion Audimus: the theatre we hear References Index