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Explain how you would direct your cast in two or three scenes of the play, Our Country's Good, in order to reveal the civilising effect of the theatre upon the convicts
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Explain how you would direct your cast in two or three sections of the play in order to reveal the civilising effect of the theatre upon the convicts. Our Country's Good is a play written by Timberlake Wertenbaker based on the Playmaker by Thomas Keneally. Timberlake was approached to adapt the book into a play and as part of her research she went to see a play at Wormwood Scrubs performed by convicts. The play highlights how the convicts can gain a positive humanising effect through the power of theatre On seeing the convicts perform so seriously Timberlake explains that how "...in prison conditions, theatre can be hugely heartening and influential and indeed in prison your options are so limited you can become a born-again Christian, a gym-queen constantly working out, a bird watcher or you become passionate about theatre." She thought the convicts were quite professional and became very civilised throughout...
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