The Mayor of Casterbridge Mini-Series

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Travelling the dirt roads of Wessex in search of work, Michael Henchard (Ciaran Hinds) a farm worker, auctions his wife Susan (Juliet Aubrey) and baby daughter in a moment of drunken madness at a country fair. Years later, Susan and her daughter Elizabeth-Jane (Jodhi May) return, seeking Michael in Casterbridge where he has become a rich and respected member of Wessex society. Driven by the need to make amends, he re-marries Susan but in a tragic twist of fate, she dies, but not before leaving a letter containing a shocking revelation. As a romance blossoms between Elizabeth-Jane and the mayor's charismatic business manager Farfrae (James Purefoy), Henchard becomes convinced that the young man is determined to destroy him and orders Elizabeth-Jane never to see him again, setting a chain of events in motion that will change their lives forever...

Details

Format: DVD
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG
Release Date: 06 07 2022
Production Year: 2003
Run Time: 195
Languages: English
Rating Advice: Mild Themes
Distributor: Madman Entertainment
Directors: David Thacker

Actors: Ciar¡n Hinds, Juliet Aubrey, Jodhi May, James Purefoy, Polly Walker, Darren Hawkes, Jean Marsh, Michael Beint, Clive Russell, John Surman, Susan Jane Tanner, Tony Haygarth, David Bradley, Richard Moore, Elliot Head, Annette Badland, Trevor Peacock, Judy Cornwell