The Mayor of Casterbridge

Part One

S1 • E1    Aug 16, 2003
Michael Henchard, in a drunken rage, auctions his wife Susan and infant child to a passing seaman. Realising his folly, Henchard makes an oath to avoid alcohol for twenty-one years, prospering as a grain-trader and Mayor of Casterbridge. After eighteen years, newly widowed Susan and her grown daughter, Elizabeth-Jane, seek out an apparently changed Henchard. Partly from guilt, Henchard agrees to remarry Susan, on condition she stay silent on his past. Henchard hires a business manager, Farfrae, who quickly gains popularity, while Henchard’s dark nature resurfaces.

Cast of Part One

  • Ciarán HindsMichael Henchard
  • Juliet AubreySusan
  • Jodhi MayElizabeth-Jane
  • James PurefoyDonald Farfrae
  • Alex KellyMaid
  • Polly WalkerLucetta Templeman
  • Ben CromptonAbel Whittle
  • David BradleyCouncillor Vatt
  • Trevor PeacockChristopher Coney
  • Richard MooreCouncillor Chalkfield
  • Clive RussellNewson
  • Annette BadlandMrs Stannidge
  • Henry GoodmanJoshua Jopp
  • James WalkerPriest

 

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