Our Country’s Good

The award-winning play, Our Country’s Good, is a story by playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker, in which a handful of newly deported petty English criminals are brought to New South Wales during the 1780s. In an attempt to humanise them, a theatre-loving soldier defies his brutish superior officer by staging a production of Farquhar’s ‘The Recruitment Officer’.

The show featured simple stage settings that complimented this interesting area of Australian history. It appeared a little slow in places and the ending was slightly abrupt, although merit should be awarded since there were 22 roles played by just ten talented actors.

Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, 17 April 2012

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