The Boy in the Bush

The Boy in the Bush is a novel by D. H. Lawrence set in Western Australia, first published in 1924. It is derived from a story in a manuscript given to Lawrence by Mollie Skinner, entitled The House of Ellis.[1] Lawrence and his wife Frieda stayed with Skinner at her guesthouse in Darlington, Western Australia in 1922.

First US edition
(publ. Thomas Seltzer, 1924)

Australian television production

The Boy in the Bush
Based on	novel by D.H. Lawrence
Written by	Hugh Whitemore
Directed by	Rob Stewart
Starring	Kenneth Branagh Sigrid Thornton Steve Bisley Jon Blake
Country of origin	Australia UK
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	2 x 2 hours
Production
Producer(s)	Ian Walker Geoffrey Daniels
Release
Original network	ABC (Australia) Channel 4 (UK)
Original release	11 March 1984

The Boy in the Bush was made into a television miniseries in 1984, directed by Rob Stewart and starring Kenneth Branagh and Sigrid Thornton.[2]

It was one of five co-productions between the ABC and Portman Productions.[3]

Standard edition

Lawrence, D. H. (1924). Paul Eggert (ed.). The Boy in the Bush (1990 ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-30704-X.

References

1. "D H Lawrence Letters". Battye Library. Retrieved 8 September 2008.
2. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996 p179
3. Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 93

External links

• The Boy in the Bush on IMDb
• The Boy in the Bush at middlemiss.org