The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978)
The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978)
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Plot.
Michael Henchard, an out-of-work hay-trusser, gets drunk at a fair and for five guineas sells his wife and child to a sailor. When the horror of his act finally sets in, Henchard swears he will not touch alcohol for twenty-one years. Through hard work and acumen, he becomes rich, respected, and eventually the mayor of Casterbridge. But eighteen years after his fateful oath, his wife and daughter, Elizabeth-Jane, return to Casterbridge, and his fortunes steadily decline.
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Cast & Crew.

Alan Bates
Michael Henchard

Janet Maw
Elizabeth-Jane

Jack Galloway
Donald Farfrae

Avis Bunnage
Mrs. Goodenough

Douglas Milvain
Coney

Peter Bourke
Abel Whittle

Alan Rowe
Mr. Joyce

Gillian Brown
Lucetta's Maid

Jonathan Powell
Producer

Clifford Parrish
Longways

Marcia Wheeler
Unit Production Manager

Anthony Garrick
Production Assistant

Neil Pittaway
Editor

Christine Rawlins
Costume Design

Hubert Cartwright
Lighting Technician

Peter Kindred
Production Design

Elizabeth Rowell
Makeup Artist

Robin Luxford
Sound

Betty Willingale
Script Editor

Marion McDougall
Production Assistant

Dennis Potter
Screenplay

Thomas Hardy
Writer

Carl Davis
Original Music Composer

Ronald Lacey
Jopp
Media.

Details.
This TV Show Is About.
based on novel or book
Miniseries
Wiki.
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.
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