Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

Drama, TV Movie | Jan. 28, 1979

Four friends grapple with aging and the march of time in this opera based on Ray Lawler's iconic Australian play. For years, cane cutters Roo and Barney (Gary Rowley and Barry Ryan) have bunked with barmaids Olive (Gillian Sullivan) and Nancy in the summer. But Nancy's moved on, replaced by newcomer Pearl (Elizabeth Campbell). Vacation's no longer the unending party it once was as each member of the quartet arrives at a new understanding of life.

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

Drama, TV Movie | Jan. 28, 1979

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Four friends grapple with aging and the march of time in this opera based on Ray Lawler's iconic Australian play. For years, cane cutters Roo and Barney (Gary Rowley and Barry Ryan) have bunked with barmaids Olive (Gillian Sullivan) and Nancy in the summer. But Nancy's moved on, replaced by newcomer Pearl (Elizabeth Campbell). Vacation's no longer the unending party it once was as each member of the quartet arrives at a new understanding of life.
Producers
Original title Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Directors Rod Kinnear
Writers Ray Lawler

Cast

Rowena Wallace

as Self - Host

Christine Amor

as Kathy 'Bubba' Ryan

Sandy Gore

as Pearl Cunningham

Carole Skinner

as Olive Leech

Bruce Myles

as Barney Ibbot

Irene Inescort

as Emma Leech

Peter Curtin

as Roo Webber

David Downer

as Johnnie Dowd