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Our Country's Good : Based on the Novel the Playmaker by Thomas Kenneally (Student Editions) ISBN: 0413692302 ISBN13: 9780413692306 Our Country's Good : Based on the Novel the Playmaker by Thomas Kenneally (Student Editions) By: Timberlake Wertenbaker : Edited by Bill Naismith Publisher: Methuen Drama Format: Paperback Our Price: 8.54 Discount: 5% RRP: 8.99

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Australia 1789. A young married 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...Winner of the Laurence Olivier Play of the Year Award in 1988, and many other major awards, Our Country's Good premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1988 and opened on Broadway in 1991. 'Rarely has the redemptive, transcendental power of theatre been argued with such eloquence and passion.' Georgina Brown, Independent Methuen Student Editions are expertly annotated texts of a wide range of plays from the modern and classic repertoires. As well as the complete text of the play itself, the volume contains a chronology of the playwright's life and work; an introduction giving the background to the play; a discussion of the various interpretations; and notes on individual words and phrases in the text.


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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.

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