The Mayor of Casterbridge (TV series)

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The Mayor of Casterbridge
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Genre	Classic serial
Based on	The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
Screenplay by	Dennis Potter
Directed by	David Giles
Starring	Alan Bates
Composer	Carl Davis
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	7
Production
Producer	Jonathan Powell
Running time	50 min. (per episode) & 55 min. (final ep.)^[1]
Original release
Network	BBC2
Release	22 January (1978-01-22) – 5 March 1978 (1978-03-05)

The Mayor of Casterbridge is a 1978 BBC seven-part serial based on the eponymous 1886 book by the British novelist Thomas Hardy.^[2] The six-hour drama was written by television dramatist Dennis Potter and directed by David Giles with Alan Bates as the title character.^[3]^[4] 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^[5] as Michael Henchard
Anne Stallybrass as Susan
Janet Maw as Elizabeth-Jane
Jack Galloway as Farfrae
Anna Massey as Lucetta^[3]

Location

The series was shot entirely on location in Dorset, largely in the village of Corfe Castle.^[3]

References

^ "BBC Two England - 5 March 1978 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
^ "The Mayor of Casterbridge". BBC. 22 January 1978. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mayor of Casterbridge, The (1978)". BFI ScreenOnline. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
^ "The Mayor of Casterbridge: Episode 1". 22 January 1978. p. 25 – via BBC Genome.
^ Movie credits

External links

The Mayor of Casterbridge at IMDb
The Mayor of Casterbridge at the BFI's Screenonline

v t e Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886)
Adaptations	The Mayor of Casterbridge (1921) Mayor Nair (1966) Daag (1973) The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978) Vichitra Jeevitham (1978) The Claim (2000) The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003)
Related	Thomas Hardy's Wessex Wife selling

v t e Works by Dennis Potter
Bibliography
Television plays	Stand Up, Nigel Barton (1965) Vote, Vote, Vote for Nigel Barton (1965) Emergency – Ward 9 (1966) Shaggy Dog (1968) A Beast with Two Backs (1968) Moonlight on the Highway (1969) Son of Man (1969) Traitor (1971) Follow the Yellow Brick Road (1972) Joe's Ark (1974) Double Dare (1976) Where Adam Stood (1976) Blue Remembered Hills (1979) Blade on the Feather (1980) Rain on the Roof (1980) Cream in My Coffee (1980) Brimstone and Treacle (1987)
Television serials	Casanova (1971) The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978) Pennies From Heaven (1978) Tender Is the Night (1985) The Singing Detective (1986) Christabel (1988) Blackeyes (1989) Lipstick on Your Collar (1993) Karaoke (1996) Cold Lazarus (1996)
Films	Pennies from Heaven (1981) Brimstone and Treacle (1982) Gorky Park (1983) Dreamchild (1985) Track 29 (1988) Secret Friends (1991) Mesmer (1993) The Singing Detective (2003)
Novels	Hide and Seek (1973) Pennies from Heaven (1981) Ticket to Ride (1986) Blackeyes (1987)

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