Musical Travails in the British Empire: South Africa and Australia

DAVID PEIMER

Musical Travails in the British Empire: South Africa and Australia

English, History & Creative Writing

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Abstract

The chapter briefly charts the colonial export of British musical theatre to South Africa and Australia in the first half of the 20th Century. The article then chiefly explores the postcolonial export to the UK and (occasionally) New York of some in¬di¬g¬enous shows from Australia and a comparatively large number from South Africa after King Kong (1961), which depict new representations of identities in contestation with, or an embracing of, the colonial/apartheid era. Overall, Stuart Hall’s insights on identity formation are taken as central in illuminating the interplay between musical theatres and the legacy of the colonial gaze.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Oxford Handbook of the Global Stage Musical
Editors	R Gordon, O Jubin
Publisher	Oxford Univesity Press
Pages	1-38
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 7 Feb 2020

Keywords

Post-colonial
identity
musical
South Africa
Australia
Stuart Hall

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DAVID PEIMER
- English, History & Creative Writing - Professor of Performing Arts
Person: Academic

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