Dictionary of Sydney

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Norm and Ahmed

The play explores racism in Australian when a middle-aged war veteran, Norm, has an encounter with a Pakistani student Ahmed, at a bus stop one night. It was controversial in having the line 'fucking boong' that resulted in court cases against censorship. It premiered at the Old Tote Theatre.

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Created
1968
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1968
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