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The Greek goddess Thalia - the Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry.

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Our Country's Good

by Timberlake Wertenbaker

In a penal colony in 1789, a young lieutenant directs rehearsals of the Restoration comedy, The Recruiting Officer.

But with a cast of dispirited convicts, opposition from sadistic officers, and a leading lady who faces being hanged, Australia's first theatrical production is trouble from the start....

Now recognised as a modern classic, Timberlake Wertenbaker's inspirational play was commissioned and first directed by Max Stafford-Clark in 1988.
He returned to the play for a tenth anniversary production co-produced by Out of Joint and the Young Vic Theatre, in September 1998.

Cast
THE CONVICTS
John Wisehammer...........................	Keith Chandler
John Arscott....................................	Bryan Eastty
Mary Brenham.................................	Anne Rogers
Robert Sideways..............................	Mike Betteridge
Duckling Smith.................................	Gill Bernie
Liz Morden.......................................	Jackie Webb
Dabby Bryant...................................	Penny Betteridge
Black Caesar....................................	Colin Angus
Keith Freeman.................................	Nigel Shadforth
Meg Long........................................	Lynn Vice
THE OFFICERS
Governor Arthur Phillip......................	Olga Ruocco
Major Robbie Ross...........................	Mike Wells
Judge David Collins...........................	Jan Cameron
Captain Watkin Tench.......................	Sue Goullee
Captain Jeremy Campbell..................	Bryan Stubbs
Lieutenant Johnston..........................	Mike Betteridge
Lieutenant Will Dawes.......................	Bryan Eastty
Second Lieutenant Ralph Clarke.........	Ian Stewart
Second Lieutenant William Faddy.......	Anne Rogers
Midshipman Harry Brewer.................	Hector
Reverend Johnson............................	Boomer Jones
Aborigine........................................	Mike Peart

The production was directed by Tom King.

This production ran from:
Thursday 21st November - Saturday 23rd November, 2002
at the Mirren Studio, Towngate Theatre, Basildon, Essex.

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