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Our Country's Good (Paperback)
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Our Country's Good (Paperback)
Series: Modern Plays
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Loot Price R333
Discovery Miles 3 330
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Observed by a lone, mystified Aboriginal Australian, the first
convict ship arrives in Botany Bay, 1788, crammed with England's
outcasts. Colony discipline in this vast and alien land is brutal.
Three proposed public hangings incite an argument: how best to keep
the criminals in line, the noose or a more civilised form of
entertainment? The ambitious Second Lieutenant Ralph Clark steps
forward with a play. But as the mostly illiterate cast rehearses,
and a sense of common purpose begins to take hold, the young
officer's own transformation is as marked and poignant as that of
his prisoners. A profoundly humane piece of theatre, steeped in
suffering yet charged with hope, Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our
Country's Good (based on a true story) celebrates the redemptive
power of art. It premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in
1988, winning the Laurence Olivier Play of the Year Award. This
edition was published to coincide with a major revival production
at the National Theatre, which opened on 19 August 2015.
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