The Playmaker
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The Playmaker by Thomas Keneally
From the>New York Times bestselling author of such classics as>The Daughters of Mars, Crimes of the Father, and>Schindler's List comes a work of historical fiction mastery in which an English lieutenant must stage a play starring the prisoners of the Australian penal colony he supervises. Lieutenant Ralph Clark has received the most bizarre of commissions. In honor of the king's birthday, Clark is charged with staging a production of the George Farquhar comedy>The Recruiting Officer. What's more, as Clark supervises the penal colony of Sydney Cove, Australia at the very end of the late-nineteenth-century British Empire's rule, he must use his prisoners as the cast and production crew. Based on the lieutenant's real diaries, The Playmaker is a work of true genius by one of the most notable names in historical fiction.From the>New York Times bestselling author of such classics as>The Daughters of Mars, Crimes of the Father, and>Schindler's List comes a work of historical fiction mastery in which an English lieutenant must stage a play starring the prisoners of the Australian penal colony he supervises.
Lieutenant Ralph Clark has received the most bizarre of commissions. In honor of the king's birthday, Clark is charged with staging a production of the George Farquhar comedy>The Recruiting Officer. What's more, as Clark supervises the penal colony of Sydney Cove, Australia at the very end of the late-nineteenth-century British Empire's rule, he must use his prisoners as the cast and production crew. Based on the lieutenant's real diaries, The Playmaker is a work of true genius by one of the most notable names in historical fiction.Thomas Keneally is a novelist, playwright, and nonfiction author best known for his book Schindler's Ark, which was made into the film Schindler's List. The Penguin Lives biography of Abraham Lincoln, American Scoundrel: The Biography of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles, and A Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Origins of Australia are among his other works.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780671885113 |
| ISBN 10 | 0671885111 |
| Title | The Playmaker |
| Author | Thomas Keneally |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 1993-11-19 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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