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21%OFFMax Stafford-Clark - Our Country's Good - Page to Stage - 9781848420434 - V9781848420434
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Our Country's Good - Page to Stage

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Description for Our Country's Good - Page to Stage Paperback. A study guide on Timberlake Wertenbaker's modern classic play Our Country's Good. In the Page to Stage series of authoritative introductions to classic texts by theatre professionals. Ideal for A-Level students and their teachers, as well as actors, directors and theatregoers encountering the play. Series: Page to Stage. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 138.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Page to Stage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
114
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848420434
SKU
V9781848420434
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Max Stafford-Clark
Max Stafford-Clark continues to be one of the most influential directors of his generation. 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, which he ran until he retired from the company in 2017. He is the author of Letters to ... Read more

Reviews for Our Country's Good - Page to Stage
'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

Goodreads reviews for Our Country's Good - Page to Stage


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