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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.

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

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

Cast

• Ed Devereaux as Hughie Darcy
• Brenda Dunrich as Mumma Darcy
• Bettina Dickson as Delie Stock
• Veronica Lang as Roie Darcy
• Andy Ho as Lick Jimmy
• Muguette De Braie as Rosa Siciliano
• George Roderick as Luigi Siciliano
• Colette Martin as Dolour Darcy
• Moya O'Sullivan as Miss Sheily
• Bill Levis as Johnny Sheily
• Kevin Brennan as Patrick Diamond
• Lew Luton as Tommy Mendel

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

• 1964 adaptation at Austlit
• 1964 TV adaptation at IMDb

• 1964 films
• 1960s television plays
• Period television series
• Works by Bruce Stewart