![]() ![]() ![]() Several years pass and Henchard’s sobriety and work ethic pay off. After a fruitless search for his wife and daughter, Henchard settles in Casterbridge. Henchard awakes the next day, hung over and horrified at his actions, and swears off drink for 21 years. She and the young baby leave with a timid but affable sailor named Newson. His wife, Susan (Juliet Aubrey), at first believes his belligerent ramblings are a joke, but as Henchard presses on, she decides her chances with a stranger would be better than with her abusive drunk of a husband. If viewers forgive the hurried pace, they can appreciate superb acting perfs all around.Ĭiaran Hinds gives a haunting performance as Michael Henchard, a British hay trusser who, in the opening scenes, gets drunk at a fair and sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas. Perhaps Thacker and company are faithfully following the original text, which first appeared in serialized form and teased readers with many miniclimaxes. ![]()
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