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Far from the Madding Crowd

There are 2 adaptations of this story in our database. They are listed below in descending order of release date.

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Far from the Madding Crowd (1998 TV Movie)

Date set: 18691873

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Directed by: Nicholas Renton

Writer(s): Thomas Hardy (novel), Philomena McDonagh

Cast: Paloma Baeza, Nigel Terry, Nathaniel Parker, Jonathan Firth, Natasha Little

Setting:
Casterbridge (based on Dorchester, Dorset, U.K.), Thomas Hardy's Wessex

Filming locations:
Abbotsbury, Dorset, U.K.
Adlington, Cheshire, U.K.
Buxton, Derbyshire, U.K.
Devizes, Wiltshire, U.K.
Horton Tower, Horton, Dorset, U.K.
Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, U.K.
Lyme Park, Disley, Cheshire, U.K.
Maiden Castle, Dorchester, Dorset, U.K.
Prestbury, Macclesfield, Cheshire, U.K.
Sutton, Macclesfield, Cheshire, U.K.
Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire, U.K.
Tocknells Court, Sheepscombe, Gloucestershire, U.K.

IMDb link: Far from the Madding Crowd (1998)


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Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 Movie)

Date set: 18691873

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Directed by: John Schlesinger

Writer(s): Thomas Hardy (novel), Frederic Raphael

Setting:
Casterbridge (based on Dorchester, Dorset, U.K.), Thomas Hardy's Wessex

Filming locations:
Abbotsbury, Dorset, U.K.
Bear Hotel, Market Square, Devizes, Wiltshire, U.K.
Blackmore Vale, Dorset, U.K.
Bloxworth House, Bere Regis, Dorset, U.K. (Bathsheba's house (Weatherbury Farm))
Cliffs, Scratchy Bottom, Durdle Door, Dorset, U.K. (cliff that Gabriel's sheep fall from)
Corn Exchange, Devizes, Wiltshire, U.K.
Devizes, Wiltshire, U.K. (Casterbridge)
Dorchester, Dorset, U.K.
Friar Waddon House, Weymouth, Dorset, U.K. (exteriors of Squire Boldwood's house)
Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset, U.K. (where Fanny struggles up the hill to the poorhouse)
Horton Tower, Horton, Dorset, U.K. (where Troy attends the cock-fight)
Maiden Castle, Dorchester, Dorset, U.K. (where Troy shows off his swordsmanship to Bathsheba)
Market Place, Market Square, Devizes, Wiltshire, U.K. (fair)
Portesham, Dorset, U.K. (Bathsheba's farm)
Shaftesbury, Dorset, U.K. (back of Town Hall)
St John's Church, Devizes, Wiltshire, U.K. (church where Troy and Fanny are supposed to get married)
St Nicholas Church and graveyard, Sydling St Nicholas, Dorset, U.K. (Weatherbury church and Fanny's gravestone)
Sturminster Newton, Blackmore Vale, Dorset, U.K.
Thornhill House, Sturminster Newton, Blackmore Vale, Dorset, U.K. (interiors of Squire Boldwood's house)
Thornhill, Dorset, U.K. (interiors of Farmer Boldwood's house)
Tithe Barn, Abbotsbury, Dorset, U.K. (all-night party)
West Lulworth, Dorset, U.K.
Weymouth, Dorset, U.K. (Bathsheba and Troy on the beach)

IMDb link: Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)


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