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Bentley has always been lucky. He won a chook at the pub once.
Gary’s a delightful raconteur and is in great demand as an after dinner speaker.
Diane goes off her brain. She’s going on surfari next week.
Sandy’s always on the move. It’s a mad whirl.
Richard’s got some incredibly tactile friends in the underground.
'Bentley’s just won the doubles tennis with Gary, he’s hit the jackpot by marrying a top bird like Sandy, his new stereo set has got Richard’s tick of approval and the house warming party was a real turn. Yes, Bentley’s always been lucky. But now Simmo’s moved in with Bentley’s wife… in Bentley’s new home unit.
'A classic piece of Australian ‘new wave’ theatre, the late Alex Buzo’s hilarious farce bitterly satirises those who wield power and root those without it.'
Source: Mudlark Theatre.
Production Details
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First performed in Canberra and Sydney, 1969
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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"Middle Class Dissenter": An Interview with Alexander Buzo
Ron Verburgt
(interviewer),
1993
single work
criticism
interview
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 22 1993; (p. 33-52) -
Buzo Versus Suburbia
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 9-10 September 1989; (p. 11) -
An Interview with Alex Buzo
Geoffrey Sirmai
(interviewer),
1986
single work
interview
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 46 no. 1 1986; (p. 80-91) -
My Survival as an Indigene
1985
single work
criticism
biography
humour
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 45 no. 4 1985; (p. 27-34) -
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Alexander Buzo's Rooted/Norm and Ahmed : A Critical Introduction
Sydney
:
Currency Press
,
1980
Z337206
1980
single work
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Untitled
1973-
single work
review
— Appears in: Educational Theatre Journal , March vol. 25 no. 1 (p. 111)
— Review of Rooted 1969 single work drama -
Untitled
1973
single work
review
— Appears in: Nation Review , 16-22 March 1973; (p. 667)
— Review of Rooted 1969 single work drama -
Untitled
1973
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 March 1973; (p. 6)
— Review of Rooted 1969 single work drama -
Untitled
1973
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 March 1973; (p. 11)
— Review of Rooted 1969 single work drama -
Martyrdom by Default
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 29 April vol. 94 no. 4802 1972; (p. 45)
— Review of Rooted 1969 single work drama ; The Sonia Knee and Thigh Show 1972 single work musical theatre -
Alexander Buzo
Jennifer Palmer
(interviewer),
1979
single work
interview
— Appears in: Contemporary Australian Playwrights 1979; (p. 138-153) -
Mask and Cage: Stereotype in Recent Drama
1972
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Spring vol. 31 no. 3 1972; (p. 308-313) Contemporary Australian Drama : Perspectives Since 1955 1981; (p. 209-216)Margaret Williams argues that 'the greatest single factor in setting Australian playwrights free to explore the dramatic possibilities of their own society has been the decline of naturalism, particularly of the well-made naturalistic play' (308). She comments on recent plays, especially by Jack Hibberd, Alex Buzo and David Williamson, suggesting that they each 'make imaginative use of the social ritual and verbal cliches of Australian society to explore insecurity and inadequacy behind their defensive facades (310)'.
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An Interview with Alex Buzo
Geoffrey Sirmai
(interviewer),
1986
single work
interview
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 46 no. 1 1986; (p. 80-91) -
"Middle Class Dissenter": An Interview with Alexander Buzo
Ron Verburgt
(interviewer),
1993
single work
criticism
interview
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 22 1993; (p. 33-52) -
My Survival as an Indigene
1985
single work
criticism
biography
humour
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 45 no. 4 1985; (p. 27-34)
- 1970s
