Robert Gordon is Professor of Theatre at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he established the first European MA as well as a BA in Musical Theatre. Robert's many scholarly publications include The Purpose of Playing and British Musical Theatre Since 1950, jointly authored with Olaf Jubin and Millie Taylor. He also edited The Oxford Handbook of Sondheim Studies and, together with Olaf Jubin, The Oxford Handbook of the British Musical.
Olaf Jubin was Professor of Musical Theatre and Media Studies at Regent's University London, and is currently teaching at Goldsmiths, University of London. In addition to his publications on the mass media and musical theatre, he is joint author of British Musical Theatre since 1950 (with Robert Gordon and Millie Taylor), co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of the British Musical, and editor of Paris and the Musical: The City of Light on Stage and Screen.