The Mayor of Casterbridge

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Actors: Ciarán Hinds , David Bradley , Polly Walker , James Purefoy , Jodhi May , Jean Marsh , Clive Russell , John Surman , Tony Haygarth , Juliet Aubrey , Michael Beint , Elliot Head , Susan Jane Tanner , Darren Hawkes , Richard Moore

Director: David Thacker

IMDB Rate: 7.9 out of 10 (521 votes)

Plot Summary:The third of producer Martin Lisemores television adaptations of Hardys novels, The Mayor of Casterbridge was specifically commissioned to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Hardys death. The serial reunited two veterans of John Schlesingers Far from the Madding Crowd Alan Bates, who played Gabriel Oak in that film, takes on the role of the tragic Henchard while Freddie Jones, the drunken Cainy Ball from Crowd, becomes the eccentric Conjuror Fall in Mayor. Dennis Potter, probably the most acclaimed television writer in Britain then and now, had previously written A Tragedy of Two Ambitions for Wessex Tales. This handsome, well-acted production is available on DVD and video throughout Britain and America.