Our Country's Good
Our Country's Good is a play by Timberlake Wertenbaker, first staged at the Royal Court Theatre in September 1988 and published that year in London by Methuen with the Royal Court. Adapted from Thomas Keneally's The Playmaker, it shows convicts in 1780s New South Wales staging a play.
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- Methuen in association with The Royal Court Theatre, 1988
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- Methuen in association with the Royal Court Theatre, London, 1988
The first edition of Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker was published in London by Methuen in association with The Royal Court Theatre in 1988. We track 1 edition.
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Who published the first edition of Our Country's Good?
The first edition of Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker was published in London by Methuen in association with The Royal Court Theatre in 1988.
How many editions of Our Country's Good are there?
We track 1 edition of Our Country's Good, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- Our Country's Good, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Our country's good (London: Methuen, 1988), Internet Archive (archive.org)
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