“Our Country’s Good” is a dense play, raising themes of escapism, colonialism, justice, society’s treatment of prisoners and nothing short of what being “civilized” actually means.

Philip Brandes might have done helpful research for his review of Timberlake Wertenbaker's "Our Country's Good" (Theater Beat, July 13) before he labeled the play performed by the convicts as ...

What did our critic think of OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD at The Seat Of The Pants Productions? The Seat of the Pants Productions' mission states that 'Our hope is to create theater that challenges minds ...

"Our Country's Good" opens Thursday, May 7, and runs through May 31 at the Venetian Theatre.

Timberlake Wertenbaker`s ”Our Country`s Good” proceeds from one of the most cherished and most cliched premises of theater: that it is the role of theater to take us out of our humdrum lives ...

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In an early scene in Our Country’s Good, a group of correctional officers debate whether they will allow their convicts to stage a play. Their debate centers on two essential matters: first, the value ...

Our Country’s Good, Strawdog Theatre Company. The redemptive power of the arts is the crux of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s play (based on Thomas Keneally’s novel The Playmaker, itself based on a ...

The Somerville-based Theatre Cooperative's production of "Our Country's Good" has a tall task in front of itself. Simultaneously, the show tackles ideas about justice, human nature, love, and human ...

Timberlake Wertenbaker's most celebrated play receives a well-deserved revival in this well-mounted production by Rachel O'Riordan.

"Our Country's Good," by Timberlake Wertenbaker, is a play about a play. But it's also strong social commentary, asking whether we have progressed as a people in what we consider to be entertainment.