「論音樂劇《Billy Elliot》之女性角色詮釋」—以老師、奶奶、媽媽為例

《Billy Elliot》音樂劇中之女性角色做分析與探討。論文報告中分為五章。第一章，敘述研究動機以及研究架構，對於研究的動機與研究的方法詳細說明，(並概略引導)介紹為什麼會選擇《Billy Elliot》當主題。研究的架構包含歌曲，且對劇中女性角色特別研究。第二章分為三節，第一節以故事當時的背景及文獻敘說1989年英國政府的歷史，探討從真實故事轉化電影最後到音樂劇《Billy Elliot》的各不同的面向，與本劇作家李霍爾如何創造作出這個故事；第二節則是介紹電影《Billy Elliot》中，音樂、角色、曲目對電影有最初的認識，電影中的音樂有著當時樂團的歌曲，是與音樂劇完全不同的曲風，特別把所有曲目介紹讓讀者更深刻了解。第三節是音樂劇《Billy Elliot》中音樂創作、劇本作者、導演、演員與13曲目的簡介，讓讀者可以更了解有關音樂劇、劇本作者、導演的關係與他們的生平簡介。第三章則是音樂劇《Billy Elliot》中女性角色的角色分析，在音樂劇中分別影響Billy的不同階段及人生，對其做深入的分析及研究。第一節說到了老師的形象與老師如何充滿熱情的教導比利，比利也帶給老師另一個希望，讓她發現了生活的目標重新振作；第二節是比利奶奶的介紹與奶奶帶給比利的影響；第三節講敘到比利的母親，母親在比利的眼中是怎樣的一個人，比利對於母親的疑問和媽媽帶給比利的影響都會在本章探討。第四章進入本論文的主題，在《Billy Elliot》音樂劇中女性角色之對話、歌詞其背後影響之意義，加以分析歌曲中角色台詞，在選曲方面則是〈Shine〉、〈Born to boogie〉、〈We’d go dancing〉、〈Dear Billy (Mam’s letter)〉、〈Dear Billy (Billy’s reply)〉、〈The stars look down〉、〈Once we were kings〉詳細的解釋這首歌的背景與歌詞後面內在情緒、外在的表演與真正想表達的情緒。第五章則為結論作為整體最後的整理與總結，以筆者的心的與感想做為最後整體的結束。附件一是編者就出版DVD整理編輯《Billy Elliot》演出劇本，附件二則是編者獨家採訪音樂劇《Billy Elliot》主角Hanna Elliot的訪問，關於這些演員背後的努力及練習，音樂劇表演者在舞台上的演出經驗做出的專訪。

關鍵字

音樂劇Billy Elliot ；舞動人生；舞蹈老師；奶奶；母親；跳舞；李霍爾；艾爾頓約翰

並列摘要

The thesis analyzes the role of the female characters in the musical “Billy Elliot”. It is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 describes the research motivation and thesis framework. Chapter 2 discusses the roots of Billy Elliot's story, encouraging the deeper understanding of its background. Chapter 2 is divided into 3 sections: Section 1 tells the story of who Billy Elliot is. It explores the changes from the real story to the motion picture and onto the musical. Using the real story background and literature reviews we learn about the background and history of the movie. Section 2 presents the music and translation of the lyrics. Section 3 shows the story and background of the musical introducing the director, screen writer, playwriter, actors and music, as well as the full translation of the lyrics. Chapter 3 gathers an in-depth analysis and study of the musical’s female characters that have influenced Billy Elliot during different stages of his life. Chapter 3 is divided into 3 sections: Section 1 is dedicated to the teacher Ms. Wilkinson, focusing on the influence on her students and how she influenced and supported Billy. Section 2 talks about the grandmother and how she influenced Billy and how it influenced the boys character and personality. Section 3 is about his mother. She has passed away but still shows up in the boys imagination. They have conversations and it also influences his character and builds it. Chapter 4 analyzes the songs of the musical with full translation. The chapter is divited into 7 sections: Section 1 is a description of the lyrics and analysis of the song “Shine”. Section 2 describes the song and lyrics “Born to boggie”. Section 3 describes the song and lyrics of “We’d go dancing”. Section 4 is the description and lyrics of the song “Dear Billy (Mom’s letter)”. Section 5: description and lyrics of the song “Dear Billy (Billy’s reply)”. Section 6: description and lyrics of the song “The strars look down”. Section 7: description and lyrics of the song “Once we were kings”. Chapter 5 is the summary of the conversations of female characters in “Billy Elliot”, influence of the drama review, explaining the feelings behind the female characters. Two attachments : 1 script from the play Billy Elliot the musical. 2 a brief interview with the lead role-actor Hanna Elliott.