Our Country's Good

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Event Our Country's Good
Venue The Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
First Date 3 September 1989
Opening Date 3 September 1989
Last Date 29 October 1989
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
Tony Amendola Actor
Caitlin Clarke Actor
Deborah Fallender Actor
Gail Grate Actor
Harris Laskawy Actor
Valerie Mahaffey Actor
John Cameron Mitchell Actor
Michael Morgan Actor
Mark Moses Actor
James Walch Actor
Thomas Keneally Author
Peter Hartwell Costume Designer
Max Stafford-Clark Director
Les Waters Director
Kevin Rigdon Lighting Designer
Timberlake Wertenbaker Playwright
Peter Hartwell Set Designer
Bryan Bowen Sound Designer
Jon Gottlieb Sound Designer
Mary Michele Miner Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Further Information American Premiere. 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
Press Release PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Newspaper PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 19732