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Like, Dead : A Play in Two Acts single work   drama   humour   young adult   - Two acts
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Like, Dead : A Play in Two Acts
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  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Chinese-Australian character.

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First known date: 2005
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    y separately published work icon The Space Between : Representing 'Youth' on the Contemporary Australian Stage Richard Jordan , Kelvin Grove : 2005 Z1844104 2005 single work thesis 'Young characters throughout the history of Australian theatre have traditionally been represented as tragic, transient, and dangerous; discourses which have defined and limited their construction. 'Youth' itself is a concept which has been invented and perpetuated within Western Art and Media for much of the twentieth century and beyond, creating an exclusive 'space' for young people: a space between childhood and a standard human being. This thesis seeks to explore the implications of this space, as well as contextualise a new creative work - the stage play like, dead - within the canon of Australian theatre texts which portray young characters. like, dead will be shown to be a work which reappropriates clichéd youthful discourses through the use of irony, humour, and a sense of postmodern 'performativity' among its characters. In so doing it will demonstrate an alternative approach to representing young people on the Australian stage, by enhancing the constructedness of traditional images of 'youth' and pursuing the creation of young characters which are not solely defined by the term.' Kelvin Grove : 2005 pg. 45-106
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Like Dead Richard Jordan , 2005 single work drama humour young adult 'A wannabe diva, a closet gay, a Token Asian, and an absolute tosser. Oh, and a dead guy. Welcome to the 20th birthday party of Mark Chadwick - recently deceased. In fact, so recently that his "intimate gathering of close friends and acquaintances" don't quite know what to do with him, and what's worse, his party's an absolute fizzer. Still, one mustn't let a little thing like death get in the way of a good time... like, dead is a darkly surreal comedy with the works: "Music! Glitz! Glamour!... Streamers!" and everything in between. Throw in a dead cat, an 80s revival dance sequence and a healthy dose of cannibalism, and get ready for one of the strangest parties you will ever attend. With a heady mix of humour laced with pathos, like, dead explores concepts of image, sex, race and identity within the most death-defying culture of them all - youth. What does it mean to be immortal? To be Australian? To be alive?' Source: www.ozscript.org/ (Sighted 10/11/2008).
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'The Space Between' : Representing 'Youth' on the Contemporary Australian Stage Richard Jordan , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Space Between : Representing 'Youth' on the Contemporary Australian Stage 2005; (p. 1-44; 107-126)
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