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The Mayor of Casterbridge Episode 1 (1978)

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Film details

Featuring

Alan Bates Anne Stallybrass Avis Bunnage
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1978
Type

Television
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

7-part TV serial, based on the novel by Thomas Hardy. Dramatised by Dennis Potter. Michael Henchard sells his wife to a sailor at a country fair, while drunk. As the years pass, he prospers and becomes mayor of the town. Then his wife and daughter come to live in the town....

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Michael Henchard
    
    Alan Bates
  - Susan
    
    Anne Stallybrass
  - Mrs Goodenough
    
    Avis Bunnage
  - Donald Farfrae
    
    Jack Galloway
  - Elizabeth-Jane
    
    Janet Maw
  - turnip hoer
    
    Anthony Douse
  - man at fair
    
    Rod Beacham
  - second man at fair
    
    Bernard Taylor
  - auctioneer
    
    Leonard Trolley
  - Newson
    
    Richard Owens
  - waiter
    
    Terry Francis
  - guest
    
    Denis Costello
  - carter
    
    Jeffrey Holland
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    David Giles
  - Production Company
    
    BBC
  - Producer
    
    Jonathan Powell
  - Script Editor
    
    Betty Willingale
  - Script
    
    Dennis Potter
  - Author of the Original Work
    
    Thomas Hardy
  - Designer
    
    Peter Kindred
  - Music
    
    Carl Davis

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