Our Country's Good

Louise Gold appeared as Liz Morden/Lieutenant Dawes at Edinburgh Royal Lyceum, 15 September - 7 October 1995

Cast

Major Ross/hangman Ketch Freeman - Eric Barlow

an advocate/ a nimble pickpocket - Jimmy Chisholm

Liz Morden/Lieutenant Dawes - Louise Gold

Governor-In-Chief/ sullen convict - Max Gold

Mary Brenham - Louise Ironside

Second Lieutenant Ralph Clark RM - Tom McGovern

Other parts:

David Baker, Sean Baker, Ann Louise Ross, Jayne McKenna

Production Team

 Author - Timberlake Wertenbaker

Derived from the novel 'The Playmaker' by Thomas Keneally

Director - Caroline Hall

Décor - Matthew Wright

The play is basically about a group on convicts in a New South Wales prison putting on a production of 'The Recruiting Officer' by George Farquhar

Louise Gold and Max Gold had previously been roped into appearing with the politically motivated semi-professional Fall Out group.

All of the cast went on to appear in the Edinburgh Lyceum's production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

Most of the critics commented on how well the ensemble of 10 actors worked together, this may or may not have been helped by the fact that the cast included at least one pair of real-life siblings.

Critics Comments

 " ... the excellent cast which includes Jimmy Chisholm, David Baker, Louise Gold and Ann Louise Ross" Thorn Dibdin THE STAGE

“I gave up trying to select star performances among this big 10-strong cast, already working as a tight ensemble and showing tremendous promise for the season ahead.” Mark Fisher, HERALD, 16 September 1995

 "This is one of the best plays of the 1980's and the 10 actors in 22 parts give an impressive account of company playing" John Peter, SUNDAY TIMES, 24 September 1995

"A ten-strong ensemble is lead commandingly by Max Gold, Sean Baker, Eric Barlow and Louise Gold" Paula Webb, SCOTSMAN, 18 September 1995

Links about Our Country's Good

Muppet Central/Tibby's Bowl Interview with Louise Gold http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/interviews/gold.shtml This interview mentions Louise's work at The Edinburgh Lyceum, although the two shows are not named, she is evidently referring to Our Country's Good and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

STA Catalogue entry for this show: http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/sta/search/detaile.cfm?EID=16421

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