Poor Man's Orange

*Poor Man's Orange*
Poor Man's Orange
	Australian DVD release
Directed by	George Whaley
Starring	Anne Phelan; Martyn Sanderson
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of episodes	3 x 2 hours
Production
Producer	Anthony Buckley
Running time	269 mins
Budget	$4.2 million
Original release
Release	11 May 1987

Poor Man's Orange
	First edition; (publ. Angus and Robertson)
Author	Ruth Park
Country	Australia
Language	English
Genre	Fiction
Publisher	Angus & Robertson, Australia
Publication date	1949
Media type	Print
Pages	276 pp
ISBN	0-312-00054-5
Preceded by	The Harp in the South
Followed by	Witch's Thorn

Poor Man's Orange is a novel by New Zealand born Australian author Ruth Park. Published in 1949, the book is the sequel to The Harp in the South (1948) and continues the story of the Darcy family, living in the Surry Hills area of Sydney.

Television[edit]

Like its predecessor The Harp In The South, Poor Man's Orange was also adapted for Australian television by the Ten Network in 1987.^[1]

Cast[edit]

Anne Phelan as Mumma Darcy (Margaret)
Martyn Sanderson as Hughie Darcy
Anna Hruby as Roie (Rowena) Rothe
Kaarin Fairfax as Dolour Darcy
Gwen Plumb as Granny Kilker
Shane Connor as Charlie Rothe
Syd Conabere as Pat Diamond
Ron Shand as Bumper Reilly
Emily Nicol as Motty (Moira) Rothe
Brandon Burke as Tommy Mendel
Lois Ramsay as Mrs. Campion
Cecil Parkee as Lick Jimmy
Carole Skinner as Delie Stock
Charles Tingwell as Father Cooley
Brendan Han Tjahjadi as Roger Bubba
Kerry Walker as Miss Moon

The Harp in the South and Poor Man's Orange have been released by Roadshow Entertainment as a 3-DVD package.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p230

External links[edit]

[scott-1] Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p230

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v t e Works by Ruth Park
Novels	The Harp in the South (1948) Poor Man's Orange (1949) The Witch's Thorn (1951) The Muddle-Headed Wombat series (1962-82) Swords and Crowns and Rings (1977) Playing Beatie Bow (1980)
Radio	The Bagman Stories (1943-48) I'll Meet You in Botany Bay (1945) Early in the Morning (1946) Far from the Land (1947) Stumpy (1947) The Harp in the South (1951) Gulliver's Cousin (1954) One Man's Kingdom (1957) A Little South of Heaven (1959)
TV	A Little South of Heaven (1961) No Decision (1962) The Harp in the South (1964) The Harp in the South (1986) Poor Man's Orange (1987)
Film	Playing Beatie Bow (1986)
Theatre	The Harp in the South (1949)