Dear Anna, whether or not this will be of any use to you, I don't know. However, a few year's back, the noted English Folk Singer and Song Writer Peter Bellamy wrote a highly- praised Folk Opera "The Transports" which contained 18 songs in traditional "folksong style" of the Times; - about the very first voyage to set up the Penal Colony in Botany Bay. Particularly, it has been much-performed and much-praised in Australia,as one might expect. The music & songs of this Folk Opera might be of interest to your Producer/Director. There is are several CD's, if you are interested. Topic Records TSCD 459 (CD, UK, 1992) is the version I have, but another CD Company produced a 25rg Anniversary Boxed set in 2004. Yours in Service Julian Wilson, [aka in the SCA as Matthew Baker] 50 years a traditional Folk Singer.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anna Zola Piggie Rethie Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 3:03 PM To: h-costume@mail.indra.com Subject: [h-cost] Our Country's Good Hullo all! This is my first time posting anything to the list, though I've been lurking quite a while. I'm designing the costumes for my high school's production of Our Country's Good, by Timberlake Wertenbaker. If you don't know it--it's about the British convicts and soldiers sent to found a penal colony in Australia in 1789. There are several marines in the play--from rank of 2nd lieutenant to major, a navy midshipman, and the navy captain governor, an aborigine (not sure yet if this character will be played by a man or woman, which is a pain for designing the costume), several convict men, and five convict women. I was wondering if anybody here knew of any resources for researching the clothes of any of these sorts of people, or just happened to know stuff themselves. Much thanks! Cheerio, Anna _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
