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.
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.
