Our Country's Good: Based on the Novel "The Playmaker" by Thomas Keneally (Methuen Modern Plays) (Modern Classics)

Timberlake Wertenbaker

ISBN 10: 0413737403 / ISBN 13: 9780413737403

Published by Methuen Drama, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Our Country's Good: Based on the Novel "The Playmaker" by Thomas Keneally (Methuen Modern Plays) (Modern Classics)
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0413737403
• ISBN 13: 9780413737403
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Timberlake Wertenbaker was born in France and was Resident Writer for 'Shared Experience' in 1983 and the Royal Court Theatre 1984-85. She is best known for her play Our Country's Good (1988), based on the novel The Playmaker by Thomas Keneally. First performed at the Royal Court in 1988, it was awarded the Laurence Olivier/BBC Award for Best New Play, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best New Foreign Play and was nominated for six 'Tonies'.