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A Bunch of Ratbags
Peter Pinne
(composer),
1966
(Manuscript version)x401206
Z924031
1966
single work
musical theatre
Rock chamber musical.
Based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by William Dick, which had been serialised in the Australian, this musical drama has been described as a study of life among the bodgies, widgies and wild ones in Melbourne's western suburbs during the mid to late 1950s. The story centres around a young man, Terry Cooke, who is the leader of a bodgie gang. He fights with his parents, the law and his widgie girlfriends, before eventually making his escape from this environment with the help of a "good" girl from the other side of the tracks.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The City : The Crumbling Bulwark
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Ob-Scene Spaces in Australian Narrative : An Account of the Socio-Topographic Construction of Space in Australian Literature 2009; (p. 189-244) -
[Review] A Bunch of Ratbags
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , December no. 2 1984; (p. 107)
— Review of A Bunch of Ratbags 1965 single work novel -
[Review] A Bunch of Ratbags
1965
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 October 1965; (p. 17)
— Review of A Bunch of Ratbags 1965 single work novel -
[Review] A Bunch of Ratbags
1965
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 September 1965; (p. 22)
— Review of A Bunch of Ratbags 1965 single work novel -
[Review] A Bunch of Ratbags
1965
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 25 September 1965; (p. 16)
— Review of A Bunch of Ratbags 1965 single work novel
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[Review] A Bunch of Ratbags
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , December no. 2 1984; (p. 107)
— Review of A Bunch of Ratbags 1965 single work novel -
A Bunch of Ratbags
1965
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer (1965-1966) no. 33 1965; (p. 48-49)
— Review of A Bunch of Ratbags 1965 single work novel -
[Review] The Time of the Peacock
1965
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October vol. 4 no. 12 1965; (p. 225)
— Review of A Bunch of Ratbags 1965 single work novel ; The Time of the Peacock : Stories 1965 selected work short story -
[Review] A Bunch of Ratbags
1965
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 25 September 1965; (p. 16)
— Review of A Bunch of Ratbags 1965 single work novel -
[Review] A Bunch of Ratbags
1965
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 September 1965; (p. 22)
— Review of A Bunch of Ratbags 1965 single work novel -
The City : The Crumbling Bulwark
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Ob-Scene Spaces in Australian Narrative : An Account of the Socio-Topographic Construction of Space in Australian Literature 2009; (p. 189-244)
Last amended 21 Nov 2014 15:44:56
Subjects:
- Urban,
- Melbourne, Victoria,
Settings:
- 1950s
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