Set in Australia in 1789, a young lieutenant is directing rehearsals of the first play ever to be staged in that country. With only two copies of the text, a cast of convicts, and one leading lady who may be about to be hanged, conditions are hardly ideal.[...]
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.[...]
The Theatre of Timberlake Wertenbaker offers the first comprehensive overview of Wertenbaker's playwriting career which spans more than thirty years of stage plays. It considers the contexts of their initial productions by a range of companies and institutions, including the Royal Court, the Arcola [...]
'Modern classic' is the fitting accolade bestowed on Our Country's Good soon after its premiere in 1988, directed by Max Stafford-Clark at the Royal Court Theatre. The play tells the story of a production of George Farquhar's 1706 play The Recruiting Officer by a company of convicts in the early day[...]