Overview

Page to Stage series – highly accessible guides to the world's best-known plays, written by established theatre professionals to show how the plays come to life on the stage. ‘Modern classic’ was the fitting accolade bestowed on Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good soon after its premiere in 1988 at the Royal Court Theatre, London. The play tells how a company of convicts staged George Farquhar’s The Recruiting Officer in the early days of the Australian penal colony. Having directed the premiere, Max Stafford-Clark brings his own unrivalled insights to this in-depth study of how it actually works on stage. Sections include an introduction about the creation of the play, a discussion of its action moment by moment, the historical context, the characters and how the production was rehearsed and designed for its original production. The result is an invaluable and authoritative guide for anyone studying, teaching or performing the play. 'a very authoritative teaching and learning resource' — The Stage 'absolutely fascinating... Even Timberlake Wertenbaker herself might struggle to analyse her writing any better' — British Theatre Guide

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'A very authoritative teaching and learning resource' * The Stage * 'Absolutely fascinating... Even Timberlake Wertenbaker herself might struggle to analyse her writing any better' * British Theatre Guide *

A very authoritative teaching and learning resource. --The Stage There cannot be a better selection to write an in-depth analysis of Our Country's Good than Max Stafford-Clark, the director who commissioned and helped to create the work. Even Timberlake Wertenbaker herself might struggle to analyse her writing any better. --British Theatre Guide

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Max Stafford-Clark is one of the UK's most influential theatre directors. He established Joint Stock in 1974, ran the Royal Court Theatre from 1979 to 1993, and then set up the extremely successful touring theatre company, Out of Joint, premiering plays from leading writers including April De Angelis, Sebastian Barry, Richard Bean, Alistair Beaton, Caryl Churchill, David Edgar, David Hare, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Robin Soans and Timberlake Wertenbaker. He remained Out of Joint's Artistic Director until 2017. Maeve McKeown is the former Administrator and Education Manager of Out of Joint.

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