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Mayor of Casterbridge - Radio Drama
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Audio > Audio books
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English
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4 x 60 mins

A 4 part adaptation of the classic Thomas Hardy story. 

For those not familiar with the story, Michael Henchard visits a travelling fair with his wife and child. Becoming drunk, he argues with his wife, he decides to rid himself of her by auctioning her, an act to which his wife agrees. She is bought by a sailor and goes to live with him as his wife. When he sobers up and realises what he has done, Henchard swears never to drink again.

18 years later, Henchard is a prosperous corn factor and Mayor of Casterbridge, whom others believe to be a widower. His wife however moves with his daughter to Casterbridge, the sailor to whom she was sold having died. Henchard discovers that he cannot escape his past and his life starts to fall apart...... A gripping tale.