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Issue Details: First known date: 1969... 1969 The Front Room Boys : A Play in Twelve Scenes
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Adaptations

form y separately published work icon The Front Room Boys United Kingdom (UK) : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1976 7953379 1976 single work radio play

'The story of a year in an Australian office, month by month.'

Source: Radio Times, 22 January 1976, p.25.

Production Details

  • First produced by the Australian Theatre Co. at the Australian Arts Laboratory, Sydney, 9 October 1969. First professional production by the Australian Performing Group at the Perth Festival, February 1970.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1969
Alternative title: Antipoden : Eine Bürokomödie in 12 Szenen
Language: German

Other Formats

  • Braille and sound recording.

Works about this Work

Australia and China at 50 : The New Wave Theatre and the Drama of Cultural Exchange Anne Pender , 2022 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , vol. 46 no. 4 2022; (p. 482-495)

'2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the opening up of relations between Australia and the People’s Republic of China. When he became prime minister in 1972, Gough Whitlam sent the first ambassador to China (Dr Stephen Fitzgerald), and in his term of office established support for artists’ exchanges from the Australia Council. The Australian Ballet visited China in 1980, the first major ballet company to tour since the Cultural Revolution. The touring of China by Australian theatre, opera and dance companies has flourished since then, particularly over the last decade, and Australian spoken-word drama has featured in the relationship between the two countries since 1983. Since the 1980s, the work of the New Wave dramatists has captured the interest of Chinese audiences over a sustained period beyond the years of the New Wave itself. The theatre has, in some respects, provided a respite from the rigours of realpolitik and most importantly a means of genuine interaction between ordinary Australians and Chinese citizens who make up the audiences. This article documents the take-up of the New Wave drama in China, and the legacy of the relationships created in this formative period of Australian theatre in its international context.' (Publication abstract)

Changing Masculinities: Disruption and Anxiety in Contemporary Australian Writing Linzie Murrie , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 56 1998; (p. 169-179)
"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)
y separately published work icon Buzo John McCallum , Sydney : Methuen , 1987 Z291708 1987 single work criticism
An Interview with Alex Buzo Geoffrey Sirmai (interviewer), 1986 single work interview
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 46 no. 1 1986; (p. 80-91)
Talking to Us in Our Own Language I. McGill , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: The Critic , 20 March vol. 10 no. 7 1970; (p. 68-69)

— Review of The Front Room Boys : A Play in Twelve Scenes Alex Buzo , 1969 single work drama ; Who? Jack Hibberd , 1968 single work drama ; White with Wire Wheels Jack Hibberd , 1967 single work drama ; Chicago, Chicago : An Art Piece in Twenty Scenes John Romeril , 1969 single work drama
Untitled Katharine Brisbane , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 7 March 1970; (p. 21)

— Review of The Front Room Boys : A Play in Twelve Scenes Alex Buzo , 1969 single work drama
Untitled H. G. Kippax , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 March 1970; (p. 11)

— Review of The Front Room Boys : A Play in Twelve Scenes Alex Buzo , 1969 single work drama
Untitled Keith Thomas , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: Nation , 21 March 1970; (p. 20)

— Review of The Front Room Boys : A Play in Twelve Scenes Alex Buzo , 1969 single work drama
Wet and Dry in the West Duncan Graham , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 28 February vol. 92 no. 4693 1970; (p. 46-47)

— Review of The Front Room Boys : A Play in Twelve Scenes Alex Buzo , 1969 single work drama
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 Margaret Williams , 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)'.

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)
y separately published work icon Buzo John McCallum , Sydney : Methuen , 1987 Z291708 1987 single work criticism

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