Far From The Madding Crowd
- Full Length Play, Drama
- 5M, 4F
- ISBN: 9780573111631
"Don't any of you assume that because I am a woman I am not capable. I'll be up before you're awake, afield before you are up and breakfasted before you are afield. In short, I shall astonish you all!"
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
She rises impressively to the challenges of sheep farming, but the trials of the heart are harder to overcome. Caught between a pair of suitors - the kind and dependable shepherd Gabriel Oak and the prosperous eligible bachelor William Boldwood, her choice seems hard enough. Then the dashing Sergeant Troy appears over the horizon, with a swagger in his step and a dangerous secret in his past? Who will she choose?
Adapted by Jessica Swale, who play Blue Stockings was nominated for an Evening Standard Award. Her other adaptations include The Secret Garden and Sense and Sensibility, also for the Watermill.
Characters
- Casting: 5M, 4F
- Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Ensemble cast, Flexible casting, Expandable casting
GABRIEL
SERGEANT TROY (and Matthew Moon / Sir & Farmer 2 (1:2))
BOLDWOOD - (and Laban Tall / Other Man (1:2) / Old Man (1:5))
LIDDY (and Serving Girl (1:14) / Lady 2 (1:16))
FANNY (and Cainy Ball)
MARY-ANN (and Mrs Hurst (1:1) / Mrs. Tall (1:9) / Mrs. Twill (1:14) / Lady 1 (1:16) / Fiddler (2:12))
JOSEPH POORGRASS (and Labourer (1:2) / Inn Keeper (1:7) / Trader 1 (1:11) / Tailor (1:15) / Vicar (1:16))
JAN COGGAN (and Farmer 1 (1:2) / Trader 2 (1:11) and Gent (1:11) / Birkin (1:13) / Lady 3 (1:16) / Porter (2:22))
Available Material
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Far From The Madding Crowd Script
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When Bathsheba Everdene inherits a farm from her uncle, no-one expects her to run it alone. But our spirited young heroine will not be deterred and eagerly takes up the gauntlet. |
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