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Title: Timberlake Wertenbaker: Plays One: New Anatomies, the Grace of Mary Traverse, Our Country's Good, the Love of the Nightingale, Three Birds Alighting on a Field (Faber Contemporary Classics) by Timberlake Wertenbaker ISBN: 0-571-17743-3 Publisher: Faber & Faber Pub. Date: June, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Wow
Comment: My high school did Love of the Nightingale my freshman year, and it's the most amazing play. I read it the first time and liked it, but when I read it again the play struck me as brilliant because I got lots of foreshadowing. Several years before they did Our Country's good, but I was littile (I went to see my sister), so I don't remember it. Amazing playwright alert here, people!
Rating: 5
Summary: Love of a nightingale
Comment: I also have never read this book but my college is staging love of a nightingale i think that timberlake wertenbaker writes with such poise this book cant be missed.
The play love of a nightingale is in a greek style but the plot is so intriging that anyone who previously thought greek tragedies boring will be proved wrong this one keeps you reading. i should know as a college production being forced to pick a greek play we werent pleased we must have got the best one possible brilliant to stage brilliant to read this book is a must if u are considering staging a greek production dont send ur audience to sleep liven them up with philomele's urging desire to know about sex and when she wishes she didnt. If the rest of this book is as good as love of a nightingale its worth it.
Rating: 5
Summary: "Our Country's Good" is an awesome play
Comment: I do not own this book. And aside from "Our Country's Good," I have not read any of the other plays in this book.
But if "Our Country's Good" is any indication, this book is probably worth 10 times its price.
You see, my college will be staging "Our Country's Good" in a month, and I'm fortunate enough to be cast as Judge Collins (although I really wanted the role of Harry Brewer). And I have to say it's gonna be one awesome play. My fellow cast members and I simply can't stop being amazed by how well written the play is. Every dialogue is so richly written that there isn't a character not worth playing. Every character, no matter the amount of their stage appearance, is brimming with personality and history, making them joy to play.
And the fact that this play is based on historical facts makes it even more cool. The British penal colony in Sydney, Australia of 1788 never looked more appealing.
If you like plays about redemption and hidden virtues of men (and women, of course) with eloquently written dialogues, then you simply must check out "Our Country's Good." Top-notch stuff.
As for the other plays, well, I honestly don't know if they're good or not, but I bet they're top-notch stuff as well. And considering how "Our Country's Good" is extremely hard to locate by itself (even at Samuel French), your best bet is to get this book.
It may not seem fair to give this book a 5-star rating based on that one play alone, but honestly, that's how much I love that one play.
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Title: Timberlake Wertenbaker: Plays 2: The Break of Day, After Darwin, Credible Witness, The Ash Girl, Dianeira by Timberlake Wertenbaker ISBN: 0571212530 Publisher: Faber & Faber Pub. Date: 13 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Plays One: Owners, Traps, Vinegar Tom, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill ISBN: 0415901960 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: December, 1985 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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Title: In the Heart of America: And Other Plays by Naomi Wallace ISBN: 1559361867 Publisher: Theatre Communications Group Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Liz Lochhead's "Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off" (Scotnotes) by Margery McCulloch ISBN: 0948877391 Publisher: Association for Scottish Literary Studies Pub. Date: June, 2000 |
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Title: Perfect Days (Nick Hern Books) by Liz Lochhead ISBN: 1854594192 Publisher: Theatre Communications Group Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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