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Mayor of Casterbridge

DVD

2003

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Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Uniform Title:	Mayor of Casterbridge (Television program)
Title:	Mayor of Casterbridge [videorecording] / BBC Television ; producer, Jonathan Powell ; dramatised by Dennis Potter ; director, David Giles.
Publisher, Date:	Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, [2003], c1977.
Description:	3 videodiscs (6 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:	On a drunken impulse, Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter at a country fair, an outrageous act for which he suffer an agonizing remorse. Years later, when he has become a respected and prosperous man, his wife and daughter seek him out in Casterbridge. He attempts to right the long-ago wrong and sets in motion a series of events that spell his destruction.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Subjects:	Man-woman relationships -- Drama. Fathers and daughters -- Drama. Mayors -- England -- Drama. Television programs. Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Drama.
Other Author:	Powell, Jonathan. Potter, Dennis. Giles, David, 1926-2010. Bates, Alan, 1934-2003. Stallybrass, Anne. Maw, Janet, 1954- Galloway, Jack (Actor) Bunnage, Avis, 1923-1990. Owens, Richard. Holland, Jeffrey, 1946- Bourke, Peter. Massey, Anna. Davis, Carl, 1936-2023 Rawlings, Christine. Kindred, Peter. Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Mayor of Casterbridge. British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service. Acorn Media (Firm)
Notes:	Originally broadcast by the BBC beginning Jan. 22, 1978. Based on the novel by Thomas Hardy. Music composer, Carl Davis ; costume designer, Christine Rawlings ; designer, Peter Kindred. Alan Bates, Anne Stallybrass, Janet Maw, Jack Galloway, Avis Bunnage, Richard Owens, Jeffrey Holland, Peter Bourke, Anna Massey. Also issued on VHS. DVD, Dolby digital, Region 1 encoding. Closed-captioned.
Contents:	Disc 1: pt. 1-3 (ca. 159 min.) (DVD 2124) -- disc 2: pt. 4-5 (ca. 105 min.) (DVD 2125) -- disc 3: pt. 6-7 (DVD 2126).
ISBN:	1569386110 9781569386118
Publisher Number:	AMP-6110
Other Number:	52004971
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	406270
# Local items in:	1
# System items in:	1
Call Number:	DVD TV Mayor of
Medium:	[videorecording]

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