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Issue Details: First known date: 1969... 1969 Rooted
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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.

Exhibitions

Production Details

  • First performed in Canberra and Sydney, 1969

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1969
Alternative title: Seines Glückes Schmid
Language: German

Works about this Work

"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 Rosemary Neill , 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 Alex Buzo , 1985 single work criticism biography humour
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 45 no. 4 1985; (p. 27-34)
y separately published work icon Alexander Buzo's Rooted/Norm and Ahmed : A Critical Introduction Terry Sturm , Sydney : Currency Press , 1980 Z337206 1980 single work
Untitled Charles Edelman , 1973- single work review
— Appears in: Educational Theatre Journal , March vol. 25 no. 1 (p. 111)

— Review of Rooted Alex Buzo , 1969 single work drama
Untitled Ken Linnett , 1973 single work review
— Appears in: Nation Review , 16-22 March 1973; (p. 667)

— Review of Rooted Alex Buzo , 1969 single work drama
Untitled J. Stevens , 1973 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 March 1973; (p. 6)

— Review of Rooted Alex Buzo , 1969 single work drama
Untitled I. Wardle , 1973 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 March 1973; (p. 11)

— Review of Rooted Alex Buzo , 1969 single work drama
Martyrdom by Default Leonard Glickfeld , 1972 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 29 April vol. 94 no. 4802 1972; (p. 45)

— Review of Rooted Alex Buzo , 1969 single work drama ; The Sonia Knee and Thigh Show David Williamson , 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 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)
My Survival as an Indigene Alex Buzo , 1985 single work criticism biography humour
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 45 no. 4 1985; (p. 27-34)
Last amended 20 May 2024 14:23:37
Subjects:
  • Coast,
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • Urban,
Settings:
  • 1970s
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