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Wherefore art thou bro'?: youth, hybridity and cross-cultural retellings of Romeo and Juliet

Hyland, Nicola Marie ( 2011)

This thesis explores five performances which utilise Romeo and Juliet narratives to highlight the ‘hybrid’ experiences of othered youth in contemporary cross-cultural communities. Traversing diverse productions from New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Britain, the research considers the complex and contingent role of youth and performance in negotiations of cross-cultural conflict and identity. Each study is framed by the development of a methodological model, the “alteri-teen”, a trope which exemplifies the live, located and heterogeneous experiences of contemporary othered cultures. The thesis also explores the ‘hybridity’ of forms in each production; shaped by the retelling of a canonical text as a vehicle for resistance and/or homage, and as an aesthetic expression of the creative and contradictory experiences of othered youth.