The Pohutukawa Tree
- Summary
- 1959 BBC Television production of The Pohutukawa Tree by Bruce Mason.
- Theatre play
- The Pohutukawa Tree by Bruce Mason [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 18 October 1959
- Time
- 8.45-10.15pm
- Series
- Sunday-Night Theatre
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- John Jacobs
- Playwright
- Bruce Mason
- Designer
- Richard Wilmot
- Cast
Bridget Armstrong Sylvia Atkinson Terence Bayler George Rawlings Newton Blick Dr Lomas Norman Florence Johnny Mataira Hermione Gregory Queenie Mataira Lesley Jackson Mrs Johnson Lloyd Lamble Claude Johnson Philip Latham The Rev. Athol Sedgwick Redmond Phillips Mr Atkinson Madge Ryan Mrs Atkinson Hira Tauwhare Aroha Mataira Noel Trevarthen Roy McDowell Jerold Wells John Dexter
Additional details
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- Maori people and culture; New Zealand drama; race relations
Print sources
- Title
- Maori Reactions to Colour Bar (Newspaper review)
- Reference
- The Times, 19 October 1959, p. 6
- Title
- Radio Times, 16 October 1959 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- article, listing and photograph on p. 13
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