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WESSEX TALES: A TRAGEDY OF TWO AMBITIONS (TV)
Summary
Broadcast as part of a series of dramatizations from Thomas Hardy's writings, this tale examines the shameful actions of two brothers who have attained positions of respectability and now must confront the lowly status of their father. Writer Dennis Potter's adaptation is respectful to the moral underpinnings of the Hardy short story, and he avoids overlaying any of his characteristic vision to the teleplay. For example, in Potter's work there is always a possibility of reconciliation between father and sons, and yet here, as in Hardy's story, there is none.
Details
- NETWORK: BBC (United Kingdom)
- DATE: November 21, 1973
- RUNNING TIME: 0:49:31
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T:23306
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; International Collection - United Kingdom
- SERIES RUN: BBC (United Kingdom) - TV, 1973
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Irene Shubik … Producer
- Michael Tuchner … Director
- Thomas Hardy … Writer
- Dennis Potter … Dramatised by
- Joseph Horovitz … Music by
- Paul Rogers … Cast, Mr. Harlborough
- John Hurt … Cast, Joshua Harlborough
- David Troughton … Cast, Cornelius Harlborough
- Lynn Frederick … Cast, Rosa Harlborough
- Heather Canning … Cast, Selinar
- Edward Petherbridge … Cast, Squire Fellmer
- Betty Cooper … Cast, Mrs. Fellmer
- Dan Meaden … Cast, Countryman
- Andrew McCulloch … Cast, Farm Labourer
- William Bond … Cast, Farm Labourer
- John Rainer … Cast, Clergyman
- Peter Bennett … Cast, Principal