''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

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area of

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Television

Like its predecessor ''The Harp In The South'', ''Poor Man's Orange'' was also adapted for Australian

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by the Ten Network in 1987.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p230

Cast

* Anne Phelan as Mumma Darcy (Margaret) *

Martyn Sanderson Martyn Sanderson (24 February 1938 – 14 October 2009) was a New Zealand actor, director, producer, writer and poet. Sanderson was described as one of the founding fathers of modern theatre in New Zealand. In New Zealand he had appearances i ...

as Hughie Darcy *

Anna Hruby Anna Hruby (born October 1960) is an Australian actress and voice over artist band TV commercial advertiser, who has appeared in many Australian films, television series and theatre productions. She is the daughter of late actress, entertaine ...

as Roie (Rowena) Rothe * Kaarin Fairfax as Dolour Darcy * Gwen Plumb as Granny Kilker *

Shane Connor Shane Connor (born 3 April 1959) also billed/credited as Shane Feeney-Connor, is an Australian actor, who has had extensive experience in stage, television and film productions, both locally and internationally in the United Kingdom and United St ...

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 Kerry Ann Walker (born 29 February 1948) is an Australian actress. She has had a lengthy career on both stage and screen. She was nominated for the AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role three times, in 1985 for ''Bliss'', 1986 for '' ...

as Miss Moon ''The Harp in the South'' and ''Poor Man's Orange'' have been released by

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as a 3-DVD package.

References

External links

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''Poor Man's Orange''
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