Our Country's Good

Our Country's Good
Dramatic Publishing Co. edition, 1989
Written byTimberlake Wertenbaker
Date premiered1988
Place premieredRoyal Court Theatre
London, UK
Original languageEnglish
SubjectBased on a true story of convicts rehearsing a play
GenreDrama
Setting18th century, Sydney, Australia

Our Country's Good is a 1988 play written by British playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker, adapted from the Thomas Keneally novel The Playmaker. The story concerns a group of Royal Marines and convicts in a penal colony in New South Wales, in the 1780s, who put on a production of The Recruiting Officer.

It was first staged at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on 10 September 1988, directed by Max Stafford-Clark. It ran on Broadway in 1991.

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