Event |
Our Country's Good
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Venue |
Playhouse, Melbourne, VIC |
First Date |
1 June 1989 |
Opening Date |
5 June 1989 |
Last Date |
8 July 1989 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
No |
Description |
Essentially, the narrative deals with how a group of soul-shrivelled convicts, directed by Lieutenant Ralph Clark, mounts a performance of The Recruiting Officer to celebrate the King's birthday in 1789. Based on Thomas Kenneally's novel, "The Playmaker". A number of 'breeches roles' were played; by Helen Morse, Kim Trengove, Sally Cooper and Nicki Wendt. |
Description Source |
Reviewer's Opinion |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Historical
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Subjects |
Colonial
Convicts
Theatre
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Programme:  The Recruiting Officer / Our Country's Good, The University of Adelaide, Library Special Collections, 11 May 1989
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Review:  Alison Croggon, The Bulletin, 20 June 1989
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Review:  Chris Boyd, Melbourne Times, 7 June 1989
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Review:  Geoffrey Milne, The Herald, 7 June 1989
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Review:  Hilary Glow, James McCaughey, Russell Walsh, Round Up, New Theatre Australia, 11, July 1989, 31
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Review:  John Larkin, Sunday Press, 11 June 1989
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Review:  Leonard Radic, The Age, 8 June 1989
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Review:  Rosemary Neill, The Australian, 8 June 1989
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
England
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Production Nationality |
Australia
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Further Information |
To mark the bicentenary of Australian theatre, Melbourne and Sydney are playing host to separate productions of a richly historical coalition of two plays: this and Farqhar's The Recruiting Officer. Both plays in the Melbourne Theatre Ccompany season played in repertory from about 5 June. During the production of this play David Roberts became ill and Richard Piper replaced him.
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record |
June 1989 |
Cast List |
MTC Records |
Programme |
MTC season |
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Data Reviewed By
| Linda Brainwood (LindaBrainwood) on 24 August 2015 |
Event Identifier
| 1833 |
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