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daughter
Dolour played by Kaarin Fairfax) actually belongs to Roie (the excellent
Anna Hruby), the eldest daughter who falls pregnant to her Jewish
boyfriend but then loses the baby after being attacked by a group of
drunken sailors, she later finds love with Charlie whom she marries,
Poor Man’s Orange sees the story move on to the early 1950’s and
continues in the same vein but there is tragedy ahead for Roie as well
as heartache for Charlie.
Heavy
on period atmosphere these serials are fantastic, the evocation of the
time superbly realized, you can’t really begin to imagine how hard
they had it back then in our world of two car families, playstations and
the pursuit of leisure but the scenes of the tenements, the razor gangs,
the grog shops and the general squalor that imbues the productions
certainly helps get you there.
Available
to buy separately The Harp in the South and Poor Man’s
Orange
are definitely amongst the
month’s most essential purchases.
ANY
SPECIAL FEATURES?
No
extras but with material this good who needs extras. |
