'Our Countries Good' essay

'A moving and affirmative tribute to the transforming power of the theatre', how far do you agree with this assessment of 'Our Country's Good'. Timberlake Wertenbaker wrote 'Our countries good' in 1988, and based the play on the novel 'The Playmaker' by Thomas Keneally. It is set in 1787 and in is the story of a group of convicts deported to Australia for crimes committed in England. These convicts are given the chance to perform in a …

…loneliness. In conclusion I agree with the statement 'Our countries good' is 'A moving and affirmative tribute to the transforming power of the theatre'. However this is only part of the story, if a very important part. The play contains much more than that. It is a story of human survival and the adaptation of civilisation. In short it is a complicated story that is a statement on the uses of play in its self.