Our Country's Good

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Event Our Country's Good
Venue Webster University, Loretto-Hilton Center, Webster Groves, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America
First Date 5 September 1990
Opening Date 7 September 1990
Last Date 5 October 1990
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Based on the novel The Playmaker by Thomas Keneally, and written by Timberlake Wertenbaker. The story is of Australia's first dramatic performance, by convicts, of George Farquhar's The Recruiting Officer on 4th June 1788.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Historical
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
James Andreassi Actor
David Harum Actor
Hubert Baron Kelly Actor
Lorraine Lanigan Actor
Bruce Longworth Actor
Leah Maddrie Actor
Kathleen Mahony-Bennett Actor
Christopher McHale Actor
David Schechter Actor
Carol Schultz Actor
Thomas Keneally Author
Candace Donnelly Costume Designer
Edward Stern Director
Peter Kaczorowski Lighting Designer
Timberlake Wertenbaker Playwright
Andrew Jackness Set Designer
Glenn Dunn Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Further Information American production. This specific collection contains a number of newspaper articles, most indexed here, as well as radio scripts for media release and publicity photographs. National Library of Australia Collection also contains two journal papers about Wertenbaker and the writing and production of Our Country's Good.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Newspaper PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Press Release PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Event Identifier 19733
Dataset AusStage