Our Country's Good
by Timberlake Wertenbaker
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Winner of the Laurence Olivier Play of the Year Award in 1988, and many other major awards, 'Our Country's Good' was first produced at the Royal Court Theatre in 1988. Wertenbaker's adaptation of Keneally's novel 'The Playmaker' concerns a group of Royal Marines and convicts in a penal colony in New South Wales in the 1780s, who put on a production of 'The Recruiting Officer'. The play shows the class system in the convict camp and discusses themes such as sexuality, punishment, the Georgian show more judicial system, and the idea that that it is possible for 'theatre to be a humanising force'. show lessTags
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- Our Country's Good
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- Mary Bryant
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