y separately published work icon The Harp in the South single work   drama   - Three acts
Adaptation of The Harp in the South Ruth Park , 1947 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1949... 1949 The Harp in the South
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Notes

  • Freely adapted from the 1948 novel The Harp in the South by Ruth Park.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Independent Theatre, North Sydney, 3 March 1949. Also produced in Melbourne, Hobart and Adelaide.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

      ca. 1949 .
      Alternative title: The Harp in the South : A Play in Three Acts
      Extent: 114 leavesp.
      Description: Typescript (carbon copy).
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • Manuscript copy held at Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Brisbane

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Local Id: H1332
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Related Works

y separately published work icon The Harp in the South Ruth Park , 1947 Z1326724 1947 single work novel (taught in 2 units)
— Appears in: The Harp in the South Trilogy 1987;
— Appears in: Great Australian Writers : Miles Franklin, Henry Handel Richardson, Mrs Aeneas Gunn, Ruth Park 1987; (p. 513-698)

'Amid the brothels, grog shops and run-down boarding houses of inner-city Surry Hills, money is scarce and life is not easy. Crammed together within the thin walls of Twelve-and-a-Half Plymouth Street are the Darcy family: Mumma, loving and softhearted; Hughie, her drunken husband; pipe-smoking Grandma; Roie, suffering torments over her bitter-sweet first love; while her younger sister Dolour learns about life the hard way.' (Book description from publisher's website.)
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Subjects:
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
Settings:
  • 1940s
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