Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man (1978)
Drama documentary from 1978 exploring the private feelings of novelist Thomas Hardy through the poems of love and remorse that he wrote after the death of his first wife, Emma.
Director:
Tristram Powell
Writers:
Tristram Powell, Denis Constanduros.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0024hp5/the-lively-arts-thomas-hardy-a-haunted-man
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Caroline Blakiston as Narrator |
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Billie Whitelaw as Emma Hardy |
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Cyril Luckham as Old Hardy |
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Ian Lindsay as Young Hardy |
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Elizabeth Proud as Florence Hardy |
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Petronella Barker as Mrs Holder |
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Anne Tirard as Mrs Hardy |
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Claire Oerton as Dolly Gale |
| Writing | Tristram Powell | Screenplay |
| Writing | Denis Constanduros | Screenplay |
| Directing | Tristram Powell | Director |