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Observed by a lone, mystified Aboriginal Australian, the first convict ship arrives in Botany Bay, 1788, crammed with England’s outcasts. Colony discipline in this vast and alien land is brutal. Three proposed public hangings incite an argument: how best to keep the criminals in line, the noose or a more civilised form of entertainment?

The ambitious Second Lieutenant Ralph Clark steps forward with a play. But as the mostly illiterate cast rehearses, and a sense of common purpose begins to take hold, the young officer’s own transformation is as marked and poignant as that of his prisoners.

A profoundly humane piece of theatre, steeped in suffering yet charged with hope, Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good (based on a true story) celebrates the redemptive power of art.

It premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1988, winning the Laurence Olivier Play of the Year Award. This edition was published to coincide with a major revival production at the National Theatre, which opened on 19 August 2015.



About the Author :
Timberlake Wertenbaker is herself an eminent playwright. In 1985 The Royal Court staged her 'The Grace of Mary Traverse' which won her the Plays and Players Most Promising Playwright Award. She also received the 1988 Olivier Award for Play of the Year for 'Our Country's Good'.

Review :
Wertenbaker has searched history and found in it a humanistic lesson for hard modern times: rough, sombre, undogmatic and warm. Rarely has the redemptive, transcendental power of theatre been argued with such eloquence and passion Highly theatrical, often funny and at times dark and disturbing, it sets an infant civilization on the stage with clarity, economy and insight infinitely resonant . . . a beautiful play. Timberlake Wertenbaker's play is a modern classic. . . . a remarkable celebration of theatre's potential to regenerate lost souls. Wertenbaker's play . . . shows the regenerative power of drama . . . the heart of Wertenbaker's play lies in its endlessly topical debate about crime and punishment, and in its moving portrait of drama as a means of giving voice, purpose and a sense of communality to a group of social outcasts. . . . a landmark play. Timberlake Wertenbaker's play remains an important piece of work, a love letter to the theatre laced with an anger against those who try to curb its transformative powers. . . . a rhetorically pugnacious play. Wertenbaker's play has become a humanist classic an optimistic ode to the redemptive power of theatre Our Country's Good is at once a vivid portrait of conditions in the new colony . . . and a richly comic repository of 18th century performance styles. Above all, it is a glorious testament to the healing power of art. Timberlake Wertenbaker's rich, remarkable 1988 drama about the redemptive power of theatre . . . a play that leaves the audience, like the characters, transported . . . unashamedly idealistic


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781474274449
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Methuen Drama
  • Height: 198 mm
  • No of Pages: 120
  • Weight: 130 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1474274447
  • Publisher Date: 19 Aug 2015
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Modern Plays
  • Width: 129 mm


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