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The Mayor of Casterbridge is a 1978 BBC seven-part serial based on the eponymous 1886 book by the British novelist Thomas Hardy. The six-hour drama was written by television dramatist Dennis Potter and directed by David Giles with Alan Bates as the title character. It was released as a 3-disc DVD box set in May 2003.
Plot
On a drunken impulse, Henchard sells his wife and daughter at a country fair, an outrageous act for which he suffers agonising remorse. Years later, when he has become a respected and prosperous man, his wife returns to find him. Henchard's attempt to right the long-ago wrong sets in motion a series of events that spell his destruction.
Cast
Alan Bates as Michael Henchard
Anne Stallybrass as Susan
Janet Maw as Elizabeth-Jane
Jack Galloway as Farfrae
Anna Massey as Lucetta
Location
The series was shot entirely on location in Dorset, largely in the village of Corfe Castle.
References
External links
The Mayor of Casterbridge at IMDb
The Mayor of Casterbridge at the BFI's Screenonline
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