Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man (1978)

  • U
  • 03/05/1978 (GB)
  • Documentary
  • 54m

Overview

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.

Tristram Powell

Screenplay, Director

Denis Constanduros

Screenplay

Cast

Caroline Blakiston's headshot

Caroline Blakiston

Narrator
Billie Whitelaw's headshot

Billie Whitelaw

Emma Hardy
Cyril Luckham's headshot

Cyril Luckham

Old Hardy
Ian Lindsay's headshot

Ian Lindsay

Young Hardy
Elizabeth Proud's headshot

Elizabeth Proud

Florence Hardy
Petronella Barker's headshot

Petronella Barker

Mrs Holder
Anne Tirard's headshot

Anne Tirard

Mrs Hardy
Claire Oerton's headshot

Claire Oerton

Dolly Gale

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