Hair: the Performance of Rebellion in American Musical Theatre of the 1960S’
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View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Winchester Research Repository University of Winchester ‘Hair: The Performance of Rebellion in American Musical Theatre of the 1960s’ Sarah Elisabeth Browne ORCID: 0000-0003-2002-9794 Doctor of Philosophy December 2017 This Thesis has been completed as a requirement for a postgraduate research degree of the University of Winchester MPhil/PhD THESES OPEN ACCESS / EMBARGO AGREEMENT FORM This Agreement should be completed, signed and bound with the hard copy of the thesis and also included in the e-copy. (see Thesis Presentation Guidelines for details). 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Author’s Name: SARAH ELISABETH BROWNE Author’s Signature: Date: 20th April 2018 Metadata to be included with the thesis: Title: Hair: The Performance of Rebellion in American Musical Theatre of the 1960s Author: Dr Sarah Elisabeth Browne Supervisors: Prof. Millie Taylor, Dr Marilena Zaroulia, Dr Marianne Sharp Funders or University of Wolverhampton, Faculty of Arts Sponsors: Key words (up to 10 keywords – ask your supervisory team for advice): Musical theatre, Hair, identity, race, gender, popular music, resistance, rebellion, utopia, counter-culture Abstract: This thesis considers the musical, Hair as a seminal moment in musical theatre history. In examining this musical’s social and historical context, the study explores the ways in which Hair raises cultural consciousness through its approach to representing marginalised identities on-stage. The analysis presented illustrates how Hair considered America’s Others and in doing so, asserts that both race and gender are not fixed and are instead fluid, created in-process and in response to cultural influences. Exploring the intersections of race, gender, age, and popular culture, this thesis utilises an approach grounded in critical musicology to illustrate the manner in which Hair can be considered as a form of rebellion, or resistance enacted against the established traditions of the Broadway stage. The thesis argues that Hair is the product of a postmodern age and, in considering how the theatrical ‘text’ is re-imagined beyond its original production, further asserts that Hair has resonances that, in themselves take on new meanings in altered contexts. Concluding that the ways in which it both reflects and informs the fragmented society from which it evolves, and contributes to the development of musical theatre, this thesis ultimately proposes that Hair can be considered as utopian as a result of occupying a liminal space in the history of musical theatre and placing those on the margins at the centre of its narrative. This work explores the varied and multiple ways in which Hair speaks to the urgency – and possibility – of social change. DECLARATION AND COPYRIGHT STATEMENT Declaration: No portion of the work referred to in the Thesis has been submitted in support of an application for another degree or qualification of this or any other university or other institute of learning. I confirm that this Thesis is entirely my own work. 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Copyright license has not been obtained for musical excerpts and these, along with the images, will be removed after examination and prior to publication. These will be replaced with source information to allow the reader to find the original material. 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to extend my gratitude to Dr John Pymm, Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Wolverhampton for his professional support and sponsoring my studies. Equally, my thanks go to the staff in the department of music for supporting me in my managerial duties, with special thanks to Dr Paul Johnson and Dr Richard Glover for their collegiate support and sage advice in the final stages. I place on record my sincere gratitude to Professor Millie Taylor, Dr Marilena Zaroulia and Dr Marianne Sharpe for their support, guidance and mentorship throughout the course of my studies. My deepest thanks to Galt MacDermot and his family; his son, Vince, and daughter-in-law, MaryAnne for their patience and kind words of advice. Special thanks should go to all the music and musical theatre students I have had the pleasure of teaching during the past 24 years of my career: thank you for your thought-provoking discussions, you always inspire me to seek new ways to approach musical theatre.