Far From the Madding Crowd

• A new adaptation by Mark Healy, Director Kate Saxon, Designer Libby Watson, Lighting Designer Olly Fenwick, Composer Gary Yershon, Movement Director Georgina Lamb

  On tour: 11 September - 29 November 2008

  
  

Having inherited her father’s farm, a spirited and feisty young woman - Bathsheba Everdene, finds herself playing mistress in a man’s world. She is pursued by three would-be lovers: the constant shepherd, Gabriel Oak; the obsessive landowner, William Boldwood and the reckless Sergeant Troy. But are any of them a match for the wilful Bathsheba?

Based upon one of Hardy’s most popular and enduring novels, Far from the Madding Crowd takes us on a theatrical journey through Hardy country, following a passionate young girl propelled into womanhood by her experiences of love and loss. 

ETT has been applauded nationwide for its productions of new and classic plays. Earlier this year, the Company won acclaim for Peter Hall’s Uncle Vanya featuring Nicholas Le Prevost, Neil Pearson and Ronald Pickup. This production reunites the creative team behind the acclaimed The French Lieutenant’s Woman in 2006.

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