JUDE THE OBSCURE {PART 3 OF 6}: TO MELCHESTER (TV)
Summary
Part three of this six-part adaptation of Thomas Hardy's nineteenth-century novel, "Jude the Obscure." This drama focuses on an impoverished, young English stonemason named Jude Fawley whose ambitions are repeatedly frustrated by the repressive, class-conscious society in which he lives. In part three, "To Melchester," Jude has been employed in Marygreen as an itinerant stonemason for the anguished-filled year following his rejection at Cardinal College. A young cleric imbues him with hope, however, suggesting he seek entrŽe to a theological college in Melchester. Jude enthusiastically pursues this course, in part because he desires to see his free-spirited cousin Sue who is studying there. As the two become reacquainted, Sue reveals that she is so well-read and broadly-educated because she once lived in London for eighteen months with a Christminster undergraduate. When Sue's liberated attitudes force her expulsion from college, she seeks refuge not with her sponsor and fiancŽ, the schoolmaster Richard Phillotson, but with Jude, who must resist his passionate desire for her. Their innocent but conspicuous night together, however, causes Jude to be expelled from his lodging, and he returns temporarily to Christminster. Phillotson asks Sue to marry him at once but she delays her response, insisting she must first receive counsel from her cousin. Soon after arriving in Christminster, Jude meets his wayward wife Arabella in a pub. She informs him that she has abandoned her second husband in Australia and offers to allow Jude to spend the night with her.
Details
- NETWORK: BBC (United Kingdom)
- DATE: November 30, 1999
- RUNNING TIME: 0:44:45
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T86:1195
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; International Collection - United Kingdom; Literature - Adaptations
- SERIES RUN: BBC (United Kingdom) / PBS - TV series, 1971
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Martin Lisemore … Producer
- Hugh David … Director
- Thomas Hardy … Writer, Based on the novel by
- Harry Green … Adapted by
- Robert Powell … Cast, Jude Fawley
- Fiona Walker … Cast, Sue Bridehead
- John Franklyn-Robbins … Cast, Richard Phillotson
- Alex Marshall … Cast, Arabella Donn
- Daphne Heard … Cast, Drusilla Fawley
- Michael Rothwell … Cast, Mr. Dawlish
- Hazel Coppen … Cast, the Old Crone
- Gladys Spencer … Cast, Mrs. Baize
- Mary Wimbush … Cast, Miss Young
- Jane Tucker … Cast, Sarah Blandford
- Anita Sharp Bolster … Cast, Mrs. Trott
- Ian Ricketts … Cast, a Tavern Counter