The Mayor of Casterbridge

Where to Watch The Mayor of Casterbridge

1978TV Series"The Dennis Potter adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic tale"

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Originally premiering January 22nd, 1978, "The Mayor of Casterbridge" stars Alan Bates, Janet Maw, Jack Galloway, Anna Massey. The series runs 1 season(s), and has a score of 57 (out of 100) on TMDB, which collated reviews from 3 top people.

Want to know what the show's about? Here’s the plot: "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."

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