Our Country's Good

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Event Our Country's Good
Venue Orange County Performing Arts Center Main and Second Stage, Costa Mesa, California, United States of America
First Date 16 October 1992
Opening Date 16 October 1992
Last Date 22 November 1992
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.
Description Source Personal Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Historical
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Ron Boussom Actor
Richard Doyle Actor
Lynne Griffin Actor
Karen Hensel Actor
Hawthorne James Actor
Penny Johnson Actor
Hal Landon Jr Actor
Benjamin Livingston Actor
Devon Raymond Actor
Robert Sicular Actor
Thomas Keneally Author
Nathan Birnbaum Composer
Walker Hicklin Costume Designer
Martin Benson Director
Timberlake Wertenbaker Playwright
Gerard Howland Set Designer
Nathan Birnbaum Sound Designer
Works
Further Information American Production. Held at Mainstage of above venue. National Library Collection contains photographs and 25 newspaper articles from this season. These have not been indexed.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Brochure PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Newspaper PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Event Identifier 20287
Dataset AusStage