Mayor of Casterbridge, BBC Television ; producer, Jonathan Powell ; dramatised by Dennis Potter ; director, David Giles, Disc 2
Type
Label
Mayor of Casterbridge, BBC Television ; producer, Jonathan Powell ; dramatised by Dennis Potter ; director, David Giles, Disc 2
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Not rated
Main title
Mayor of Casterbridge
Medium
videorecording DVD
Responsibility statement
BBC Television ; producer, Jonathan Powell ; dramatised by Dennis Potter ; director, David Giles
Runtime
360
Summary
On a drunken impulse, Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter at a country fair, an outrageous act for which he suffers an agonizing remorse. Years later, when he has become a respected and prosperous man, his wife and daughter seek him out in Casterbridge. He attempts to right the long-ago wrong and sets in motion a series of events that spell his destruction
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Contributor
- Maw, Janet
- Bourke, Peter
- Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928
- Acorn Media (Firm)
- Bunnage, Avis
- Davis, Carl, 1936-
- Potter, Dennis, 1935
- British Broadcasting Corporation, Television Service
- Kindred, Peter
- Galloway, Jack, (Actor)
- Giles, David, 1926-2010
- Owens, Richard
- Rawlings, Christine
- Massey, Anna
- Powell, Jonathan, 1947-
- Holland, Jeffrey, 1946-
- Bates, Alan, 1934-2003
- Stallybrass, Anne
Subject
Content
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor18
- Maw, Janet
- Bourke, Peter
- Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928
- Acorn Media (Firm)
- Bunnage, Avis
- Davis, Carl, 1936-
- Potter, Dennis, 1935
- British Broadcasting Corporation, Television Service
- Kindred, Peter
- Galloway, Jack, (Actor)
- Giles, David, 1926-2010
- Owens, Richard
- Rawlings, Christine
- Massey, Anna
- Powell, Jonathan, 1947-
- Holland, Jeffrey, 1946-
- Bates, Alan, 1934-2003
- Stallybrass, Anne
- Genre3
- Subject7
- Content1
- Is Based On1