As a long-time reader of Thomas Hardy, I’ve been hoping to see the acclaimed early 1970s TV mini-series Wessex Tales, which is said to be coming out on DVD, though it doesn’t seem to have been issued yet. In the meantime, I was interested to get hold of a DVD of The Scarlet Tunic, a feature [...]
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Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
Posted in costume drama, Thomas Hardy, tagged Alan Bates, Far from the Madding Crowd, Fiona Walker, Frederic Raphael, John Schlesinger, Julie Christie, Nicolas Roeg, Peter Finch, Prunella Ransome, Terence Stamp, Wessex on March 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
After watching and reviewing the 1998 TV adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s great novel, I re-watched the famous 1967 John Schlesinger movie. Unfortunately, I haven’t had much time to blog lately and it is already about three weeks since I saw this version, so it’s starting to fade a little in my mind – but I just thought I’d [...]
Far from the Madding Crowd (1998)
Posted in costume drama, Thomas Hardy, tagged Far from the Madding Crowd, ITV, John Schlesinger, Jonathan Firth, Natasha Little, Nathaniel Parker, Nicholas Renton, Nigel Terry, Paloma Baeza, Philomena McDonagh on February 14, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I first became interested in Hardy when I had to study Far from the Madding Crowd for O-level back in the 1970s. It’s a book I’ve reread many times over the years since then (and studied for other exams), and I still love it . His world view here is sunnier than in late masterpieces [...]
Under the Greenwood Tree (2005)
Posted in costume drama, Thomas Hardy, tagged Ashley Pharaoh, Ben Miles, ITV, James Murray, Keeley Hawes, Nicholas Laughland, Steve Pemberton on January 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When this feature-length ITV drama starring Keeley Hawes and James Murray was first shown, I remember being disappointed. As a lifelong fan of Thomas Hardy, I’d just reread the novel and was struck by how different the TV version was from the original story, with many changes to the plot and characters. However, I gave it another try [...]
