Poor Man's Orange

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Poor Man's Orange
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First edition
(publ. Angus and Robertson)
Author Ruth Park
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
Publisher Angus & Robertson, Australia
Publication date
1949
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint
Pages276 pp
ISBN 0-312-00054-5
Preceded by The Harp in the South  
Followed byWitch'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.

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Television

Poor Man's Orange
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Australian DVD release
Directed by George Whaley
Starring Anne Phelan
Martyn Sanderson
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes3 x 2 hours
Production
Producer Anthony Buckley
Running time269 mins
Budget$4.2 million [1]
Original release
Release11 May 1987 (1987-05-11)

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

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

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References

  1. 1 2 Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p230