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y separately published work icon Norm and Ahmed : Rooted : The Roy Murphy Show selected work   drama   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1973... 1973 Norm and Ahmed : Rooted : The Roy Murphy Show
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* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Currency Press , 1973 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Norm and Ahmed, Alex Buzo , single work drama

'A rather ocker, white Australian male encounters a well-mannered Pakistani student with revolutionary ambitions in a Sydney park at midnight. Buzo creates an image of race prejudice as a profoundly irrational force in the behaviour of ordinary Australians.' (Publication summary)

(p. 1-26)
Rooted, Alex Buzo , single work drama

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.

(p. 27-99)
The Roy Murphy Show, Alex Buzo , single work drama humour (p. 100-133)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
Introduced by Katharine Brisbane
Notes:
Other imprints: Japanese 1993. Also "Norm & Ahmed" published as sound recordings
Notes:
"Norm & Ahmed" was adapted for film in 1988

Works about this Work

Response and Commitment : Comedy or Satire Kenneth Jamieson , 1974 single work review
— Appears in: Makar , June vol. 10 no. 1 1974; (p. 46-50)

— Review of I Don't Know Who To Feel Sorry For : A Play John Romeril , 1969 single work drama ; Norm and Ahmed : Rooted : The Roy Murphy Show Alex Buzo , 1973 selected work drama ; A Stretch of the Imagination Jack Hibberd , 1971 single work drama ; Don's Party David Williamson , 1971 single work drama
Untitled Leonard Radic , 1974 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 February 1974; (p. 14)

— Review of Norm and Ahmed : Rooted : The Roy Murphy Show Alex Buzo , 1973 selected work drama
Untitled Hope Hewitt , 1974 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 February 1974; (p. 17)

— Review of Norm and Ahmed : Rooted : The Roy Murphy Show Alex Buzo , 1973 selected work drama
Untitled H. G. Kippax , 1973 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 September 1973; (p. 20)

— Review of Norm and Ahmed : Rooted : The Roy Murphy Show Alex Buzo , 1973 selected work drama
Untitled H. G. Kippax , 1973 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 September 1973; (p. 20)

— Review of Norm and Ahmed : Rooted : The Roy Murphy Show Alex Buzo , 1973 selected work drama
Untitled Hope Hewitt , 1974 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 February 1974; (p. 17)

— Review of Norm and Ahmed : Rooted : The Roy Murphy Show Alex Buzo , 1973 selected work drama
Untitled Leonard Radic , 1974 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 February 1974; (p. 14)

— Review of Norm and Ahmed : Rooted : The Roy Murphy Show Alex Buzo , 1973 selected work drama
Response and Commitment : Comedy or Satire Kenneth Jamieson , 1974 single work review
— Appears in: Makar , June vol. 10 no. 1 1974; (p. 46-50)

— Review of I Don't Know Who To Feel Sorry For : A Play John Romeril , 1969 single work drama ; Norm and Ahmed : Rooted : The Roy Murphy Show Alex Buzo , 1973 selected work drama ; A Stretch of the Imagination Jack Hibberd , 1971 single work drama ; Don's Party David Williamson , 1971 single work drama
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