ThispaperaimstounderstandTimberlakeWertenbaker’sOurCountry’sGoodinthecontextoftheatreincrisisinthe1980sBritainandattemptstofindthecontemporaryresonanceofthishistoryplay.Throughexploringtheadaptationandworkshopoftheplay,discussingthetransformativeinfluenceofrehearsalsontheconvictsintheAustralianpenalcolony,andexpoundingontheatreasanimportantvenueforrehabilitationandjusticeincontemporarysociety,thepaperintendstodisclosetheplaywright’scommitmenttotheatre,herreassertionofthesocialroleoftheatreincontemporaryBritainandhercritiqueofMrs.Thatcher’sphilistinismwhichimpairedart,particularlytheatre,toagreatdegree.
