The Mayor of Casterbridge

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The Dennis Potter adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic tale

Release date : 1978-03-05

Production country :
United Kingdom

Production company :
BBC Two

Durasi : 50 Min.

Popularity : 11.0213

5.70 Total Vote : 3

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.