Our Country's Good review " revival of a humanist classic by David Jays

National TheatreAn expansive production of Timberlake Wertenbaker's penal colony play bristles with hope and indignationWelcome to Australia, so far from home. In the late 18th century, Britain ships its scum across the world " so vast a punishment for what was often so petty a crime. Filch a candlestick and lose your homeland. "We left our country," writes a convict poet, "for our country's good."In Timberlake Werte…

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