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This dissertation presents a notional model, as a taxonomic system, to describe dramaturgical elements of sound design in musicals. Developed in tandem with a prototype virtual environment interface - termed ‘The MaxStage’ - and authored in the Max/MSP software, the thesis uses Rebecca - the musical as a case study to test the efficacy of the model. Rebecca - the musical is in the form of a Broadway-style musical. Consisting of two Acts, the work is an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s novel of the same name. Whereas the technical art and practice of sound design for large-scale Musicals is increasingly well documented, the art form of sound design as a dramaturgical element in its own right, has received less attention. Analyses of the rôle of Sound-Designers in the theatre have tended to perpetuate the concept that sound design is commensurate with sound reinforcement. This tendency, however, delimits the creative potential of sound design to inform and elucidate the drama, as an extension of the musical score. A potentially more fluid interrelationship between music and sound design is postulated, as observed in the work of Sound-Designers for interactive computer games. As an electronic form of non-linear theatre, it is argued that new methodologies in adaptive-audio techniques, increasingly evident in computer gaming design, are relevant in defining an invigorated dramaturgy for sound design within the stage theatrical context.

Ce projet de recherche se concentre sur les conditions generales de politique culturelle sous lesquelles se créent les nouvelles formes artistiques du theatre musical contemporain en Allemagne et en France.Le travail de recherche sur le présent thème est dédié aux tentatives d'innover et n'a pas pour objet de mettre la crise en évidence. L'intérêt de ce domaine de recherche réside dans la recherche de solutions en discutants des reformes et innovations tout en s'appuyant sur des études de cas tirées de la pratique actuelle du theatre musical en Allemagne et en France. Les pressants travaux reposent sur une étude des sept cas exemplaires. Les exemples choisis couvrent aussi bien le domaine des théâtres traditionnels en tant qu'institution que celui de la structure des collectifs. Il conviendra de montrer s'il existe un lien entre les libertés laissées par la politique culturelle et les innovations esthétiques, si l'on peut discerner des recoupements franco-allemands et si un intérêt pan-européen en matière de politique culturelle peut résider dans une reforme. / This research project is concentrated to focus the general conditions of cultural policy which are responsible for the creation of new artistic forms of contemporary music theatre in Germany and France. For this the research is focussed on innovations and not on the analysis of the crisis. The aim is to find solution and discus different reforms in the artistic practices. The field work include the analysis of 7 case studies, traditional institutions and structures of the free landscape of contemporary music theatre in Germany and France. It will be shown in the analysis that there is a link between cultural policy and innovation of arts.