The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Overview
Michael Henchard, an out-of-work hay-trusser, gets drunk at a fair and for five guineas sells his wife and child to a sailor. When the horror of his act finally sets in, Henchard swears he will not touch alcohol for twenty-one years. Through hard work and acumen, he becomes rich, respected, and eventually the mayor of Casterbridge. But eighteen years after his fateful oath, his wife and daughter, Elizabeth-Jane, return to Casterbridge, and his fortunes steadily decline.
Cast
Alan Bates
Janet Maw
Jack Galloway
Anna Massey
Ronald Lacey
Avis Bunnage
Richard Owens
Douglas Milvain
Peter Bourke
Jeffrey Holland
Crew
Jonathan Powell
Neil Pittaway
Peter Kindred
Christine Rawlins
Elizabeth Rowell
Marcia Wheeler
Robin Luxford
Hubert Cartwright
Betty Willingale
Anthony Garrick
Marion McDougall
Dennis Potter
Thomas Hardy
Carl Davis
Seasons
