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!

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.

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.

I have acted in this play at my college and i thoroughly enjoyed it i found that it had a good variety of characters which added to the interesting storyline. Set in convict Australia, its not only a good read its historical as well.

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 this play. Top-notch stuff.

One of the more touching ensemble plays I've ever encountered (and acted in). Every character has a moment of introspection, and the interactions between the characters sweep warmly from political debate to screwball interpretations of "theatre" to romance---both budding and struggling to survive. This play also has the virtue of being highly readable offstage. I give it my highest recommendations.