Opened at the Nederlander Theatre on April 29, 1991. Closed June 8, 1991 after 48 performances — 40 days. Our Country's Good is a 1988 play written by British playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker, adapted from the Thomas Keneally novel The Playmaker. The story concerns a group of Royal Marines and convicts in a penal colony in New South Wales, in the 1780s, who put on a production of The Recruiting Officer. Wiki link