Thomas Hardy
(dramatised in six parts by
Elizabeth North)
BBC Radio
Winner of the Sony Award for best
dramatisation, 1987
Production
Information
BBC Radio February/March
1986
Cast
Jude Fawley Michael Pennington
Jude as a boy Jesse Lawrence
Widow Edlin June Barrie
Mr Phillotson John Normington
Aunt Drusilla Fawley Constance Chapman
Annie Hazel
Ellerby
Arabella Elva Makins
Sue Bridehead Elizabeth Garvie
Tinker Taylor Brian Jackson
Jack Stagg Gregory Phillips
Miss Fontover Stella Riley
Landlady Alexa Romanes
Mr Gillingham John Church
Janey Debbie
Papworth
‘Father Time’ Jesse Lawrence
Dr Vilbert John Linstrum
Other parts played by:
Mark Straker Esmond Rideout Richard Wasley
Nicholas Blane Kim Hicks Jack Harding
David Sivier Paul Wilce Anthony Morse
Abigail Docherty Adele Griffiths Ian MacFarlane
Richard Morgan Hubert Tucker David Sharp
Barrie Shore Jerold Wells Brian Gear
Judy Gibson
Director Brian Miller
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