Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker

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Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker

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Part of Modern Classics series

Summary

An Australian penal colony in 1789. A young lieutenant directs rehearsals of the Restoration comedy, "The Recruiting Officer". With a cast of convicts, opposition from sadistic officers and a leading lady who is due to be hanged, Australia's first theatrical production is in trouble from the start.

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Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker

Australia 1789. A young married lieutenant is directing rehearsals of the first play ever to be staged in that country. With only two copies of the text, a cast of convicts, and one leading lady who may be about to be hanged, conditions are hardly ideal..."Wertenbaker has searched history and found in it a humanistic lesson for hard modern times: rough, sombre, undogmatic and warm" (Sunday Times); "Highly theatrical, often funny and at times dark and disturbing, it sets an infant civilization on the stage with clarity, economy and insight" (Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph)

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Timberlake Wertenbaker is a renowned playwright in her own right. Her play 'The Grace of Mary Traverse' was produced at the Royal Court in 1985, earning her the Plays & Players Most Promising Writer Award. For 'Our Country's Good,' she also won the 1988 Olivier Award for Play of the Year.

SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780413737403
ISBN 10 0413737403
Title Our Country's Good
Author Timberlake Wertenbaker
Series Modern Classics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 1998-10-01
Number of pages 112
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.