• Our Country's Good - Teaser 1

    Our Country’s Good, by Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by Tadeusz Bradecki
    This teaser was made by 2014 Acting graduating students
    Film Direction by Alexander De Jordy
    Actors Featured: Andrew Chown and James Daly

  • Our Country's Good - Teaser 2

    Our Country’s Good, by Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by Tadeusz Bradecki
    This teaser was made by 2014 Acting graduating students
    Film Direction by Alexander De Jordy
    Actor Featured: Natasha Mumba

  • Our Country’s Good - Teaser 3

    Our Country’s Good, by Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by Tadeusz Bradecki
    This teaser was made by 2014 Acting graduating students
    Film Direction by Alexander De Jordy and Benjamin Wheelwright
    Actors featured in the video: Erica Anderson, Wayne Burns, Andrew Chown, James Daly, Alexander De Jordy, Nikki Duval, Natasha Mumba, Stephen Tracey, Megn Walker, and Benjamin Wheelwright (Acting, 2014)

  • Our Country’s Good

    Our Country’s Good, by Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by Tadeusz Bradecki, Ludger-Duvernay Theatre, Monument-National (2013)
    Set Léa Robertson (Set and Costume Design, 2014); Costumes Coral Coughlan (Set and Costume Design, 2014); Lighting Amelia Scott (Production, 2014). In the photo: Andrew Chown and Erica Anderson (Acting, 2014)
    2014 graduating class, English section. Photo: Maxime Côté

  • Our Country’s Good

    Our Country’s Good, by Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by Tadeusz Bradecki, Ludger-Duvernay Theatre, Monument-National (2013)
    Set Léa Robertson (Set and Costume Design, 2014); Costumes Coral Coughlan (Set and Costume Design, 2014); Lighting Amelia Scott (Production, 2014). In the photo: Andrew Chown and Erica Anderson (Acting, 2014)
    2014 graduating class, English section. Photo: Maxime Côté

  • Our Country’s Good

    Our Country’s Good, by Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by Tadeusz Bradecki, Ludger-Duvernay Theatre, Monument-National (2013)
    Set Léa Robertson (Set and Costume Design, 2014); Costumes Coral Coughlan (Set and Costume Design, 2014); Lighting Amelia Scott (Production, 2014). In the photo: Natasha Mumba and Erica Anderson (Acting, 2014)
    2014 graduating class, English section. Photo: Maxime Côté

  • Our Country’s Good

    Our Country’s Good, by Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by Tadeusz Bradecki, Ludger-Duvernay Theatre, Monument-National (2013)
    Set Léa Robertson (Set and Costume Design, 2014); Costumes Coral Coughlan (Set and Costume Design, 2014); Lighting Amelia Scott (Production, 2014). In the photo: Wayne Burns, Benjamin Wheelwright, Erica Anderson, Alexander De Jordy, Nikki Duval, Megn Walker, and Stephen Tracey (Acting, 2014)
    2014 graduating class, English section. Photo: Maxime Côté

  • Our Country’s Good

    Our Country’s Good, by Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by Tadeusz Bradecki, Ludger-Duvernay Theatre, Monument-National (2013)
    Set Léa Robertson (Set and Costume Design, 2014); Costumes Coral Coughlan (Set and Costume Design, 2014); Lighting Amelia Scott (Production, 2014). In the photo: Andrew Chown and Erica Anderson (Acting, 2014)
    2014 graduating class, English section. Photo: Maxime Côté

  • Our Country’s Good

    Our Country’s Good, by Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by Tadeusz Bradecki, Ludger-Duvernay Theatre, Monument-National (2013)
    Set Léa Robertson (Set and Costume Design, 2014); Costumes Coral Coughlan (Set and Costume Design, 2014); Lighting Amelia Scott (Production, 2014). In the photo: Wayne Burns, Benjamin Wheelwright, Erica Anderson, Alexander De Jordy, Nikki Duval, Megn Walker, and Stephen Tracey (Acting, 2014)
    2014 graduating class, English section. Photo: Maxime Côté

  • Our Country’s Good

    Our Country’s Good, by Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by Tadeusz Bradecki, Ludger-Duvernay Theatre, Monument-National (2013)
    Set Léa Robertson (Set and Costume Design, 2014); Costumes Coral Coughlan (Set and Costume Design, 2014); Lighting Amelia Scott (Production, 2014). In the photo: Stephen Tracey (Acting, 2014), Emma Laishram (second-year Acting student) and James Daly (Acting, 2014)
    2014 graduating class, English section. Photo: Maxime Côté

  • Our Country’s Good

    Our Country’s Good, by Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by Tadeusz Bradecki, Ludger-Duvernay Theatre, Monument-National (2013)
    Set Léa Robertson (Set and Costume Design, 2014); Costumes Coral Coughlan (Set and Costume Design, 2014); Lighting Amelia Scott (Production, 2014).
    2014 graduating class, English section. Photo: Maxime Côté

  • Our Country's Good - Teaser 1

    Our Country’s Good, by Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by Tadeusz Bradecki
    This teaser was made by 2014 Acting graduating students
    Film Direction by Alexander De Jordy
    Actors Featured: Andrew Chown and James Daly

  • Our Country's Good - Teaser 2

    Our Country’s Good, by Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by Tadeusz Bradecki
    This teaser was made by 2014 Acting graduating students
    Film Direction by Alexander De Jordy
    Actor Featured: Natasha Mumba

  • Our Country’s Good - Teaser 3

    Our Country’s Good, by Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by Tadeusz Bradecki
    This teaser was made by 2014 Acting graduating students
    Film Direction by Alexander De Jordy and Benjamin Wheelwright
    Actors featured in the video: Erica Anderson, Wayne Burns, Andrew Chown, James Daly, Alexander De Jordy, Nikki Duval, Natasha Mumba, Stephen Tracey, Megn Walker, and Benjamin Wheelwright (Acting, 2014)

  • Our Country’s Good

    Our Country’s Good, by Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by Tadeusz Bradecki, Ludger-Duvernay Theatre, Monument-National (2013)
    Set Léa Robertson (Set and Costume Design, 2014); Costumes Coral Coughlan (Set and Costume Design, 2014); Lighting Amelia Scott (Production, 2014). In the photo: Andrew Chown and Erica Anderson (Acting, 2014)
    2014 graduating class, English section. Photo: Maxime Côté

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Our Country's Good

By Timberlake Wertenbaker
Directed by Tadeusz Bradecki

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du 10 décembre au 14 décembre 2013

mardi 10 décembre : 20 h

mercredi 11 décembre : 20 h

jeudi 12 décembre : 20 h

vendredi 13 décembre : 20 h

samedi 14 décembre : 15 h

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The 2014 Graduating Class of the National Theatre School of Canada is proud to present Our Country’s Good, by British playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by international director Tadeusz Bradecki. An impassionate, and sometimes funny, plea for the power of theatre, Wertenbaker’s play is based on the 1789 true story of a ragtag group of convicts, settlers of the first penal colony in New South Wales, staging Australia’s first-ever theatre production.

About the Play

Written in 1988, Our Country's Good is a play within a play set amidst the harshness of a society where justice is swift and cruel, and a hanging makes for good theatre. At the suggestion of Captain Arthur Phillip, the Governor-in-Chief of the new penal colony, the brutalised convicts rehearse for a performance of George Farquhar's The Recruiting Officer.

“I want to rule over responsible human beings, not tyrannize over a group of animals,” says Captain Phillip, who needs to believe in the educational and redemptive power of art. While the fledgling actors discuss the merits of theatre and their overseers take on the “nature versus nurture” debate, the exercise itself gives several convicts a desperate chance to reclaim some of their dignity.

Our Country's Good is a rich play for emerging theatre artists,” explains English Section Artistic Director Alisa Palmer. “A contemporary classic by a remarkable playwright, the play suggests a refreshingly optimistic connection between the transformative power of art and the possibility of redemption. However unique in its historical period, it grapples with questions still present in a 21st-century debate about retribution and rehabilitation in our penal system. I am delighted to have director Tadeusz Bradecki at the helm of the production. His ability to bring theatrical intensity to large stage productions and his commitment to young artists is inspiring.”

About Tadeusz Bradecki, Director

Tadeusz Bradecki is a director, actor, playwright and teacher. A graduate of the State Theatre Academy in Krakow, Poland, where he is Associate Professor, Mr. Bradecki has directed over 80 productions worldwide. From 1990 to 1996, he was Artistic Director and General Director of the Stary Theatre in Krakow, and Artistic Director of the Slaski Theatre in Katowice, Poland, from 2007 to 2013. He was also Resident Director at both the Stary Theatre in Krakow and the National Theatre in Warsaw. In Canada, Tadeusz Bradecki frequently directs productions for the Shaw Festival, including the remount of his hit 2003 production of the Brecht/Weill musical Happy End. He also directed the more recent Shaw hit Guys and Dolls.

Mr. Bradecki has acted in many films, among others by K. Kieslowski, K. Zanussi, A. Wajda and S. Spielberg’s Schindler’s List. He was awarded the Leon Schiller Prize and the Golden Screen TV Award. In 1993, he was appointed Chevalier des Arts et Lettres in France.

Cast

2014 Graduating Actors

Erica Anderson
Wayne Burns
Andrew Chown
James Daly
Alexander De Jordy
Nikki Duval
Natasha Mumba
Stephen Tracey
Megn Walker
Benjamin Wheelwright And Emma Laishram*

Design / Production Team

Léa Robertson
Set Design

Coral Coughlan
Costume Design

Brian Kenny
Sound Design

Amelia Scott
Lighting Designer

Corey MacVicar
Production Manager

Meredith Daley
Stage Manager

Nicholas Timmenga
Technical Director

* Second-year Acting student