Our Country's Good

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Event Our Country's Good
Venue Nederlander Theatre, Broadway, New York, United States of America
First Date 19 April 1991
Opening Date 29 April 1991
Last Date 8 June 1991
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
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" in 4th June 1788.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Historical
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Neville Aurelius Actor
Amelia Campbell Actor
Tracey Ellis Actor
Peter Frechette Actor
John Hickok Actor
Cherry Jones Actor
Adam LeFevre Actor
Ron McLarty Actor
Richard Poe Actor
J Smith - Cameron Actor
Sam Tsoutsouvas Actor
Gregory Wallace Actor
Thomas Keneally Author
Candace Donnelly Costume Designer
Mark Lamos Director
Mimi Jordan Sherin Lighting Designer
Timberlake Wertenbaker Playwright
Christopher Barreca Set Designer
David Budries Sound Designer
Resources
Works
Further Information American production. The Hartford Stage Company presented this first at their home venue in Connecticut. It then toured to Broadway for this seson of performances. NLA 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
Cast List PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Programme PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Newspaper PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 19731