The Harp in the South
Directed byAlan Burke
Written byBruce Stewart
Based onnovel The Harp in the South by Ruth Park
Produced byEric Tayler
Distributed byBBC
Release date
  • 10 July 1964 (1964-07-10)
Running time
75 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The Harp in the South is a 1964 British television film. It was based on a novel of the same name by Ruth Park. It was directed by an Australian, Alan Burke, with many Australians in the cast including Ed Devereaux.[1][2]

Alan Burke had written a musical adaption of Harp in the South which has not been professionally produced.[3]

The Daily Telegraph said "it never managed to transfer a genuine spark of drama to the screen."[4]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Vagg, Stephen (February 18, 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  2. ^ "U.S. may buy A.B.C. series". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 32, no. 12. Australia, Australia. 19 August 1964. p. 19. Retrieved 18 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "The Australian Novelists 5. RUTH PARK", The Bulletin, John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., 82 (4227), Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald (published 1880), 15 Feb 1961, ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-700190507, retrieved 18 September 2023 – via Trove
  4. ^ "Melodramatic study of Sydney slums". The Daily Telegraph. 11 July 1964. p. 10. (subscription required)
  5. ^ "ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT A Close-up of "The Mob"", The Bulletin, John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., 81 (4470), Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald (published 1880), 30 Oct 1965, ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-702571264, retrieved 18 September 2023 – via Trove

External links

Works by Ruth Park
TV productions of Alan Burke
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