Tess Of The D Urbervilles Bbc 4 Cast

Tess durbeyfield 4 episodes 2008.

Tess of the d urbervilles bbc 4 cast. Gemma arterton is the first english born actress to portray tess. Quantum of solace st trinian s stars as tess. Characters cast alec d urberville alec is the handsome but self centred and manipulative eldest son of tess s supposed illustrious relatives the d urbervilles. Primary characters ruth jones as joan durbeyfield ian puleston davies as john durbeyfield jodie whittaker as izz huett donald sumpter as parson tringham anna massey as mrs d urbeville christopher fairbank as groby jo woodcock as liza lu durbeyfield.

All the previous actresses to play the part were born in the united states minnie maddern fiske and blanche sweet germany nastassja kinski or south africa justine waddell. With gemma arterton hans matheson eddie redmayne ruth jones. After alec gives up preaching in order to court tess and father darbeyfield is killed by illness she writes a vicious letter to angel rejecting him as cruel which he never receives and starts wandering. All the previous actresses to play the part were born in the united states minnie maddern fiske and blanche sweet germany nastassja kinski or south africa justine waddell.

Tess is the innocent but spirited heroine of the story and the eldest daughter of a poor rural victorian family. Bbc drama productions have announced full cast details of the forthcoming drama tess of the d urbervilles for bbc one. It is an adaptation of thomas hardy s 1891 novel tess of the d urbervilles. Gemma arterton is the first english born actress to portray tess.

Directed by david blair. Angel clare 4 episodes 2008. London weekend television s three hour mini series tess of the d urbervilles directed by ian sharp and starring justine waddell tess jason flemyng alec and oliver milburn angel the latter himself dorset born. Tess is a 1979 drama film directed by roman polanski and starring nastassja kinski peter firth and leigh lawson.

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