Who will take centre stage to fight for arts?
One of the most significant themes of Our Country's Good is its triumphant advocacy of the power of theatre. A group of downcast and demoralised convicts undertake a production of Farquhar's The Recruiting Officer at the prompting of a liberal governor. When first produced in 1988, it provided a rallying cry for the theatre in the third term of a government that considered "subsidy" and "theatre" dirty words. Unfortu…