The Boy in the Bush

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First US edition
(publ. Thomas Seltzer, 1924)

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] The title page of the first edition gives "D. H. Lawrence and M. L. Skinner" equal billing as its authors. Lawrence and his wife Frieda stayed with Skinner at her guesthouse in Darlington, Western Australia in 1922.

Australian television production

The Boy in the Bush
Based on	The Boy in the Bush 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 United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	2 x 2 hours
Production
Producers	Ian Walker Geoffrey Daniels
Original release
Network	ABC Channel 4
Release	11 March 1984 (1984-03-11)

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]

Cast

Kenneth Branagh as Jack Grant
Sigrid Thornton as Monica Ellis
Steve Bisley as Esau
Jon Blake as Tom Ellis

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

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

External links

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

v t e D. H. Lawrence
Novels	The White Peacock (1911) The Trespasser (1912) Sons and Lovers (1913) The Rainbow (1915) Women in Love (1920) The Lost Girl (1920) Aaron's Rod (1922) Kangaroo (1923) The Boy in the Bush (1924) The Plumed Serpent (1926) John Thomas and Lady Jane (1927) Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928) The Escaped Cock (1929) Mr Noon (unfinished)
Short stories and novellas	"Odour of Chrysanthemums" (1911) The Fox (1923) The Captain's Doll (1923) The Ladybird (1923) St Mawr (1925) The Princess (1925) "The Rocking-Horse Winner" (1926) "The Woman who Rode Away" (1928) The Virgin and the Gipsy (1930)
Short story collections	The Prussian Officer and Other Stories (1914) England, My England and Other Stories (1922)
Plays	The Daughter-in-Law (1913) The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (1914)
Poetry	Birds, Beasts and Flowers (1923)
Travel books	Sea and Sardinia (1921) Mornings in Mexico (1927) Sketches of Etruscan Places and Other Italian Essays (1932)
Non-fiction books and pamphlets	Movements in European History (1921) Studies in Classic American Literature (1923)
Compendiums	The Cambridge Edition of the Letters and Works of D. H. Lawrence Penguin Lawrence Edition
Related	D. H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum D. H. Lawrence Ranch D. H. Lawrence Heritage Centre Frieda Lawrence (wife) Priest of Love (1981/1985 film) R v Penguin Books Ltd The Chatterley Affair Films based on works D. H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study

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