Wertenbaker TimberlakePlaywright Timberlake Wertenbaker grew up in the Basque country. She was Resident Writer for 'Shared Experience' (1983) and the Royal Court Theatre (1984-5). Her plays include New Anatomies, first staged at the ICA in London; Abel's Sister first performed at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in 1984; and The Grace of Mary Traverse (1985), winner of the Plays and Players Most Promising Playwright Award. 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 and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best New Foreign Play and was nominated for six Tony Awards Read More Read Less