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''Fucken boong'. With these words Australian theatre entered the swinging sixties – eight years after the decade began.
The two profanities capture the spirit of rebellion that characterised a new generation of theatre artists. They are the last line of Alex Buzo’s play Norm and Ahmed (1968) and the actors who uttered them were prosecuted for obscenity when it was produced in Queensland and Victoria.' (Introduction)
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The Front Room Boys and New Wave Theatre
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- Norm and Ahmed 1960 single work drama
- The Front Room Boys 1976 single work radio play
- 1960s
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