Far from the Madding Crowd

[Steve]

A venture into Staffordshire tonight to see a new theatre production of Hardy's FFTMC.

It was a "Theatre in the Round"
Great acting, accents and singing.

Hardy was such a wonderful writer that it is a shame that many of his books had such tragedy in them.

Tonight's performance was upbeat though and it was great to see a full house in this economic climate. A welcome night off in the world of one of the Great novelists.

[Steve]

"Chaos in Wessex as a raven haired beauty plays havoc with the hearts and minds of three men"

That would make a good newspaper headline of the time.