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Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker

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daisy_ih5's review

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emotional funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

elizabethhackett's review

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dark informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I actually really enjoyed this play! Very interesting premise and some very good writing. It was only after I discovered that it was written by a woman that I was able to wrap my head around how someone could so excellently-for-this-era-in-society challenge the norms of gender and genre on the stage. Glad I read it!

lunarliz's review

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dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.25

endraia's review

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emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.25

haileycummings333's review

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challenging slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

required reading for class, too many characters, too much extra stuff going on. was cool to read a play based on actual events though

mfconvery's review

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2.0

Disappointing. I was intrigued by the premise - it has some cool parallels to prison theater programs I have read about - but it never came together for me. The characters and their relationships are under developed and the scenes feel very fragmented. I also think the use of the aboriginal character(s) is really under developed and pretty tone-deaf for a modern play

_shonahenderson's review

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adventurous challenging dark hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

dani_1405's review against another edition

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challenging funny informative inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I have to study this for A Level Theatre Studies and to be honest it isn’t my favourite thing we do but that may be due to the way we have to write about this play. Overall the characters are all clear individuals and mostly have fun personalities and the play discusses some important topics and debates.