Shakespeare is a serious business, so why was there so much laughter in the theatre? It is because director Megan Dansie is not afraid to treat the script with the irreverence it occasionally deserves.
Based on Thomas Keneally's novel, The Playmaker, Timberlake Wertenbaker's play. Our Country's Good, explores an event in our history - the production of the first play to be performed in Australia.
Stirling Players are about to present 'Our Country's Good" based on Thomas Keneally's novel, 'The Playmaker' concerning the production of the first play to be staged in Australia.
James Goldman gives us familial insight into Henry II; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Prince John; Richard the Lionheart; Geoffrey, Count of Brittany; Alais Capet; and Philip of France.