Crock of Gold (TV play) explained

Director:	Michael Barry
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Company:	BBC
Network:	BBC

Crock of Gold is a 1948 British television play. It was an early television depiction of Australia.^{[1] [2]}

Michael Barry worked on the script and directed. The story came from Henry C. James.

Cast

• Christine Adrian as Daisy
• Allan Bixter as The pianist
• John Boxer as Mr. Darlington
• Edward Byrne as Patrick Connor / A man
• Cyril Chamberlain as Mr. Lewis / A man
• Joyce Chancellor as Bridget
• Ivan Craig as Lofty Saunders
• Richard Hurndall as Sam Jenkins
• Warren Jenkins as Jack Atherton
• W.A. Kelly as Father Kelly / A man with a barrow
• Charles Lamb as Ted
• Pegeen Mair as Cathleen Connor
• Laurence Naismith as Mr. Thomson
• Fred O’Donovan as Dead Sweet Joe Connor
• Charles Rolfe as Arthur NewsteadHorace Sequeira as Will Trelawny
• Morris Sweden as Tom Jones
• Reg Varney as Harry Pickering
• Herbert C. Walton as Jim Escreet
• Marguerite Young as Emigrant

Notes and References

1. News: SYDNEY DIARY . The Sun . 12,601 . New South Wales, Australia . 17 June 1950 . 29 March 2024 . 7 (FINAL FOOTBALL LASTRACE) . National Library of Australia.
2. Web site: Australian Television Turns 60. Darren. Gray. 15 September 2016.