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Description:AUSTRALIA, 1789: A young lieutenant attempts to direct a cast of convicts in the first play ever to be staged in the country.But one of his actors is about to be hanged. . .Adapted from Thomas Keneally's novel 'The Playmaker', 'OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD' tells the true story of the convicts and marines sent to Australia as part of the first penal colony. An eloquent argument for the redemptive power of theatre, Wertenbaker's classic drama celebrates the beauty of language - in the slang of the criminal classes and the poetry of the play - and at the same time examines how it is used as and instrument of power.In 'THE RECRUITING OFFICER', we hear the play that the prisoners staged. George Farquhar's popular Restoration comedy is set in Shrewsbury during the War of the Spanish Succession, where wives are recruited while soldiers are wooed. During a lull in the fighting, the womanizing Captain Plume comes to town to seduce soldiers into the army, and - if possible - recruit Silvia into marriage.RUNNING TIME ➽ 3hrs. and 16mins.©2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2020 BBC Studios Distribution LtdWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Our Country's Good and The Recruiting Officer. To get started finding Our Country's Good and The Recruiting Officer, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 2020

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Description: AUSTRALIA, 1789: A young lieutenant attempts to direct a cast of convicts in the first play ever to be staged in the country.But one of his actors is about to be hanged. . .Adapted from Thomas Keneally's novel 'The Playmaker', 'OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD' tells the true story of the convicts and marines sent to Australia as part of the first penal colony. An eloquent argument for the redemptive power of theatre, Wertenbaker's classic drama celebrates the beauty of language - in the slang of the criminal classes and the poetry of the play - and at the same time examines how it is used as and instrument of power.In 'THE RECRUITING OFFICER', we hear the play that the prisoners staged. George Farquhar's popular Restoration comedy is set in Shrewsbury during the War of the Spanish Succession, where wives are recruited while soldiers are wooed. During a lull in the fighting, the womanizing Captain Plume comes to town to seduce soldiers into the army, and - if possible - recruit Silvia into marriage.RUNNING TIME ➽ 3hrs. and 16mins.©2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2020 BBC Studios Distribution LtdWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Our Country's Good and The Recruiting Officer. To get started finding Our Country's Good and The Recruiting Officer, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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