Intro; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; Prologue; Musical Collaborations at the RSC; Music Management: A Timeline; Freelance and Staff Composers; The Band; The Economics of Music Performance; Musical Spaces; The Science of Flow; Conclusion; Collaborative Composition at the RSC; The Production Timeline; The Writing Process; Collaborative Composers; Composing Theatre Music; Two Gentlemen of Verona; Macbeth; Macbeth 1962; Macbeth 1967; Macbeth 1976; Macbeth 1986; Macbeth 1999; Macbeth 2011; Conclusion; Electronics, Sound and Fury at the RSC; The Kit; The Operators.

The DesignersA Midsummer Night's Dream (1994); Conclusion; Theatre Music at the RSC; Exploring the Context of Theatre and Film Music Studies; Creating Atmosphere; Atmospheric Music: Some Examples; Signifying Context; Contextual Music: Some Examples; Supporting the Director's Concept; Conceptual Music: Some Examples; Contributing to the Diegesis; Diegetic Music: Some Examples; Creating a Sense of Theatricality in Music; Theatricality in Music: Some Examples; Conclusion; From Macbeth to Matilda at the RSC; Vocal Training and Musicality; The Aesthetics of Voice and Song; The Functions of Song.

Performing Verse and SongMoving into Musicals; Les Misérables (1985); Matilda (2010); Conclusion; Epilogue; Bibliography; Audio-Visual and Sound Recordings; Archival References and Online Reviews; Interviews and Emails; Index.