Far from the Madding Crowd

by Mark Healy – adapted from the Novel by Thomas Hardy
Directed by Neil Davis & Norah Lovely

Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd published in 1974, took its name from lines in Thomas Gray’s poem “Elegy Written in a Country Church”.  The Victorian realist’s pastoral novels often served as an elegy for a declining rural society.  Today, Hardy’s works sit comfortably in the classic novel adaptation canon, with many of his major works being translated into mini-series and films.

Bathsheba Everdene is a headstrong and independant young woman without fortune who inherits a prosperous farm from her Uncle. Revolving around life at her new home & her 3 very different suitors Far from the Madding Crowd provides a dark glimpse of rural victorian life.

Cast List

Bathsheba Everdene	Nikita Eve
Gabriel Oak	Paul Bonnici
Farmer Boldwood	Neil Fisher
Francis Troy	Ian McDonald
Fanny Robbin	Ruth Carden
Mrs Hurst	Carey Brown
Liddy Smallbury	Dina Harris
Maryann Money	Helen Rasmussen
Jan Coggan/Lawyer Banks	David Ford
Joseph Poorgrass	Robin Winder
Henry Fray	Scott Peters
Matthew Moon	Simon Hirst
Benjy Pennyways	Martin Adams
Temperance	Heather Lucas
Soberance	Marie Belsey
Vicar	Alfred Kinghtbridge
Villagers/Merchants/Soldiers	Dedric Smith, Fabienne Hanley, Sylvie Mann, Martin Adams, Scott Peters, Simon Hirst, Robin Winder
Cellist	Sylvie Mann