Our Country's Good extends West End Run

Timberlake Wertenbaker's Olivier Award winning play, Our Country's Good, has extended its West End Run at the St. James Theatre by two weeks. Max Stafford-Clark's 25th anniversary production started previews on Wednesday (30th January) and will now run until Saturday 23rd March 2013.

Australia, 1789. An ambitious young lieutenant, Ralph Clark, is set the task of directing newly arrived convicts in the Restoration comedy The Recruiting Officer in celebration of the King’s birthday. But with a dispirited cast, just two copies of the script, opposition from sadistic officers, a leading lady who faces the gallows, and Ralph’s uncontrollable passion for one of his convict players, Australia’s first theatre production is in trouble from the start.

Directed by Out Of Joint’s Artistic Director Max Stafford-Clark, Our Country’s Good charts the story of Ralph Clark, the ambitious young lieutenant whose production of George Farquhar’s The Recruiting Officer is doomed to fail when he encounters all manner of problems, from coming under suspicion from his fellow officers to having a leading lady who is about to be hanged.

The production will be accompanied by a series of staged readings including The Recruiting Officer and a retrospective of Wertenbaker’s work.

Please visit www.stjamestheatre.co.uk for more information and to book tickets.

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