Our Country's Good
by Timberlake Wertenbaker

Botany Bay 1788.A young lieutenant is directing rehearsals for the first play ever to be staged in Australia – with only two copies of the text, a cast of convicts and one leading
lady who may be about to be hanged. Wertenbaker’s play follows the progress of this project. In a series of scenes of contrasting moods, ranging from tragedy to farce, she explores an extraordinary range of themes – patriotism, punishment, love, lust, rivalry, ambition, ideals, dreams – but above all, and including all of these, she shows us the strange power of the Theatre to reflect and direct the aspirations of men and women.