Tusitala (miniseries)

Tusitala
Genre	Drama
Written by	Peter Yeldham
Directed by	Don Sharp
Starring	John McEnery Angela Punch McGregor
Country of origin	Australia UK
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer(s)	Ray Alchin
Location(s)	Australia West Samoa
Production company(s)	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	15 June 1986

Tusitala is a 1986 three-part mini series for television based on the last years in the life of Robert Louis Stevenson, when he left Great Britain for Sydney and west Samoa.^[1]

The budget was $5 million.^[2]

Samoa Connection

In the Samoan language Tusitala means writer of stories and it is there that Robert Louis Stevenson spent his last four year. He was buried there at Mount Vaea.^[3]

Cast

Robert Louis Stevenson: John McEnery Henley: Kirk Alexander Maggie: Dorothy Alison Rev. Clarke: Norman Kaye Almelia Clarke: Lynn Dalby Von Pilsarch: Joseph Fürst Dr. Eisler: John Hamblin Lady Jersey: Olivia Hamnett

References

↑ "Tusitala-"the Teller of Tales": Part 3". explore.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
↑ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p245
↑ "Tusitala (1986)". nway101.com. Retrieved 24 March 2013.

External links

Tusitala at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Don Sharp

The Stolen Airliner (1955)
The Golden Disc (1958)
The Adventures of Hal 5 (1958)
The Professionals (1960)
Linda (1960)
Two Guys Abroad (1962)
It's All Happening (1963)
The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
Witchcraft (1964)
The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
Curse of the Fly (1965)
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
Rasputin the Mad Monk (1966)
Our Man in Marrakesh (1966)
The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967)
The Violent Enemy (1967)
Taste of Excitement (1970)
Psychomania (1973)
Callan (1974)
Dark Places (1974)
Hennessy (1975)
The Four Feathers (1977)
The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
Bear Island (1979)
What Waits Below (1985)
Tears in the Rain (1988)
Act of Will (1989)

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