Darlings of the Gods
Appearance
Darlings of the Gods | |
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Based on | Darlings of the Gods by Garry O'Connor |
Written by | Roger Simpson Graeme Farmer |
Directed by | Catherine Millar |
Starring | Anthony Higgins Mel Martin Jerome Ehlers |
Country of origin | Australia United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 2 x 2 hours |
Production | |
Producer | Roger Le Mesurier |
Running time | 120 min (2 episodes) |
Production companies | Australian Broadcasting Corporation Film Victoria Simpson Le Mesurier Films Thames Television |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | 27 September 1989 |
Darlings of the Gods is a 1989 Australian mini series about the 1948 trip to Australia by Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh and the Old Vic Company, where Olivier and Leigh met Peter Finch.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Anthony Higgins as Laurence Olivier
- Mel Martin as Vivien Leigh
- Jerome Ehlers as Peter Finch
- Rhys McConnochie as Ralph Richardson
- Anthony Hawkins as Cecil Tennant
- Barry Quin as Dan Cunningham
- Jackie Kelleher as Elsie Beyer
- Lindy Davies as Antonia Vaughan
- Nicki Paull as June Kelly
- Shane Briant as Cecil Beaton
- Jon Finlayson as Tyrone Guthrie
- Jacek Koman as Company Member
Home Media
[edit]Not Currently Available on DVD
References
[edit]- ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p187
External links
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