Our country's good

This edition of Timberlake Wertenbaker's stage reworking of Thomas Keneally's novel "The Playmaker", the story of a young lieutenant's efforts to stage a play amongst the convict settlers of 18th century Australia.

It includes not only the complete text of the play itself but also extensive apparatus on the playwright's life and work, the play's background and interpretation, discussion of individual words and phrases, and photographs from stage productions.