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Our Country's Good

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  5w, 17m

Thomas Keneally, Timberlake Wertenbaker

Our Country's Good
by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Based on the novel The Playmaker by Thomas Keneally

This adaptation was performed at The Royal Court Theatre in 1988 and 1989 to critical acclaim. Set in Botany Bay in 1789 it tells of the rehearsals for the first play to be performed in Australia. Surrounded by forbidding conditions Lieutenant Clark …

Our Country's Good

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 17m
  • Duration
    Duration
    More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptations (Literature), Period

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Summary
This adaptation was performed at The Royal Court Theatre in 1988 and 1989 to critical acclaim. Set in Botany Bay in 1789 it tells of the rehearsals for the first play to be performed in Australia. Surrounded by forbidding conditions Lieutenant Clark attempts, under the authority of the first Governor General, to bring culture to the penal colony through a production of Farquhar's The Recruiting Officer, with a motley bunch of villains, murderers and prostitutes.
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  • Time Period 18th Century
  • Setting Various interior and exterior settings
  • Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)

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Thomas Keneally

Timberlake Wertenbaker

Timberlake Wertenbaker
Timberlake grew up in the Basque country and lives in London. She is one of the UK’s leading playwrights and her work is performed worldwide. She is the recipient of numerous awards including an Olivier Award and the New York Drama Critics Award for OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD and a W ...
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