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The Mayor of Casterbridge: Episode 5

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

by Thomas Hardy
The Classic Serial
Dramatised by Dennis Potter in seven episodes
Starring Alan Bates as Michael Henchard, Anna Massey as Lucetta
and Jack Galloway, Ronald Lacey, Janet Maw

Henchard is on the brink of ruin. His business is crumbling. He has been denounced as a wife-seller. When he finds Lucetta has married Farfrae, his humiliation is well-nigh complete.

(Repeated next Friday at 11.10pm)

Contributors

Author:
Thomas Hardy
Dramatised by:
Dennis Potter
Music:
Carl Davis
Sound:
Robin Luxford
Lighting:
Hubert Cartwright
Designer:
Peter Kindred
Producer:
Jonathan Powell
Director:
David Giles
Michael Henchard:
Alan Bates
Lucetta:
Anna Massey
Commissioner:
William Whymper
Farmer:
Michael Miller
Donald Farfrae:
Jack Galloway
Elizabeth-Jane:
Janet Maw
Carter:
Jeffrey Holland
Abel Whittle:
Peter Bourke
Landlord:
John Flint
Fiddler:
Jack Le White
Old woman:
Phillada Sewell
Mr Joyce:
Alan Rowe
Lucetta's maid:
Gilly Brown
Jopp:
Ronald Lacey
Conev:
Douglas Milvain
Longways:
Clifford Parrish
Source: Radio Times

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