Our Country's Good
- ISBN-10
- 0871293420
- ISBN-13
- 9780871293428
- Series
- Our Country's Good
- Category
- Drama
- Pages
- 109
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Dramatic Publishing
- Author
- Timberlake Wertenbaker
Description
Based on a historical incident. In the early days of the settlement of Australia by British prisoners, as supplies grow short and hope dwindles, Second Lieutenant Ralph Clark decides to raise morale by staging a comedy, using illiterate prisoners as actors. The project takes on political dimensions and meets with opposition among the other officers. As opening night nears, Clark struggles to ready the play amidst a storm of questions about the possibility of redemption and the transforming powers of theatre.
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