Hardy’s Women: Two on a Tower

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Hardy's Women

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Bold new dramatisations of Thomas Hardy novels through the eyes of his female protagonists

Hardy's Women takes a fresh look at some of the novels of Thomas Hardy through the eyes of his female protagonists.

Hardy's Women: Two on a Tower: Part 2 - Marriage

Part 2 - Marriage

Two on a Tower

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Hardy's romantic melodrama sets two lovers' lives against the backdrop of the universe

Adapted by Anita Sullivan. A star-crossed love story across class boundaries: two infinitesimal lives set against the background of the stellar universe.

During 2021 on Radio 4, Hardy’s Women takes a fresh look at the novels of Thomas Hardy, through the eyes of some of his female protagonists

Two On A Tower

Adapted by Anita Sullivan

With the death of Sir Blount in Southern Africa, Viviette and Swithin are finally able to marry. They marry in secret, deciding to wait for the impoverished Swithin to make his name as an astronomer and for Viviette to observe a period of mourning before they share their love with the world. Tragically, the stars are not aligned. Blount's death has been mis-reported, and Swithin has a secret...

Hardy's scandalised his contemporary readers with this love story across age, class and legal barriers, settting "the emotional history of two infinitesimal lives against the stupendous background of the stellar universe."






CAST

Lady Viviette Constantine - Olivia Poulet
Swithin St Cleeve - Callum Scott Howells
Louis Glanville - Tommy Sim’aan
Tabitha Lark - Scarlett Courtney
Bishop Helmsdale and Mr Cecil - Tony Turner
Parson Torkingham - Keiron Self
Haymoss and Sir Blount - Marc Danbury
Mrs Martin and Mrs Poulter - Jane Slavin


Directed by John Norton

A BBC Cymru Wales production

Hardy's Women: Two on a Tower

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