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Wessex Tales: A Tragedy of Two Ambitions

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on BBC Two England

by Thomas Hardy
Dramatised by Dennis Potter
Starring Paul Rogers as Mr Halborough
with John Hurt as Joshua Halborough, David Troughton as Cornelius Halborough and Lynne Frederick as Rosa Halborough

Like a ghost from the past, the Halborough brothers' drunken father reappears to destroy their image of respectability.

Contributors

Author:
Thomas Hardy
Dramatised by:
Dennis Potter
Film Cameraman:
Peter Hall
Film Editor:
Ken Pearce
Designer:
Richard Henry
Producer:
Irene Shubik
Director:
Michael Tuchner
Mr Halborough:
Paul Rogers
Joshua Halborough:
John Hurt
Cornelius Halborough:
David Troughton
Rosa Halborough:
Lynne Frederick
Selinar:
Heather Canning
Squire Fellmer:
Edward Petherbridge
Mrs Fellmer:
Betty Cooper
Countryman:
Dan Meaden
Farm labourer:
Andrew McCulloch
Farm labourer:
William Bond
Clergyman:
John Rainer
Principal:
Peter Bennett
Source: Radio Times

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