he helped her outside for air. Charlie knows there is no racial prejudice with Roie but Margaret does not accept him at first and Dolour is angry with him for stealing Roie from her. Dolour Darcy: Dolour is the youngest in her family. A very bright girl, she aspires to get a good education and escape from Surry Hills. She is aunty to "Motty" Roie's child and good friends with elderly Chinese greengrocer, Lick Jimmy. Patrick Diamond: The Darcy’s fervent Protestant lodger. Every St. Patrick's day, he gets drunk and verbally abuses Mrs. Darcy. When he suffers a stroke, Lick Jimmy performs an emergency 'bleed' by cutting open a vein to ease the pressure. Pat was unaware of this, as he had passed out because Hughie, also drunk, had hit him. Miss Sheily: Mother to disabled Johnny Sheily, she constantly abuses him. When he is knocked down and killed she seems relieved rather than upset. Later, Roie sees her flagellating herself and crying Johnny's name. She marries a Swedish man named Gunnarson. Sequel and prequel In 1949, Ruth Park published Poor Man's Orange as a sequel to The Harp in the South. A prequel, Missus, was published in 1985. Adaptations 1949 stage adaptation Park and Leslie Rees collaborated on a stage adaptation of The Harp in the South. It was first presented at the Independent Theatre in Sydney in March 1949. 1964 British TV version The book was adapted for British TV in 1964. 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. 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 1986 and 1987 miniseries The Harp in the South and its sequel Poor Man's Orange were adapted into TV miniseries, the former in 1986, the latter in 1987. The Harp in the South and Poor Man's Orange have been released by Roadshow Entertainment as a 3-DVD package. Cast 2014 stage script adaptation In 2013 & 2014 G.bod Theatre in