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The Mayor of Casterbridge Summary. On a September day in the 1820s, the Henchard family arrives on foot at the village of Weydon-Priors. Michael Henchard seeks work as a hay-trusser, but he and his wife Susan, who carries their small daughter Elizabeth-Jane, stop for food at the furmity tent at the local fair. Henchard takes servings of alcohol ...
At a country fair, young hay-trusser Michael Henchard quarrels with his wife Susan, and in a drunken fit decides to auction off his wife and baby to a sailor for five guineas. The next day, realising his loss, he swears not to touch liquor again for as many years as he has lived so far. Eighteen years later, Henchard has become Mayor of ...
Aug 16, 2003 · The Mayor Of Casterbridge - Apple TV. Available on PBS Video, Prime Video. Ciarán Hinds (The Terror) stars in this award-winning adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel of redemption and regret. In 19th-century England, a drunken farmworker auctions off his wife and baby girl. Horrified by his actions, he turns sober and prosperous, but his ...
Jan 1, 2008 · Product Description. Whilst travelling with his family in search of work, in a fit of drunken madness farm-worker Michael Henchard (Ciaran Hinds) manages to auction off both his wife Susan (Juliet Aubrey) and baby daughter. Eighteen years later, Henchard is set to become mayor of Casterbridge. But when his wife and her daughter (Jodhi May ...
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Mar 29, 2008 · The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003) (TV)James Purefoy as Donald FarfraePolly Walker as Lucetta Templeman
An adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1886 tragedy about a man (Ciaran Hinds) who sells his wife and infant daughter and then seeks a life of redemption to atone for the deed. Donald Farfrae: James ...
