Review of Far from the Madding Crowd

There's a man or two who've taken quite a shine, they want to be your love, eternally entwine, one's a shepherd who has nowt, the t'other carries lots of clout, but desires from your side fail to align. Then a soldier takes a glance and your enraptured, he's taken all you have to give, and you've been captured, you're in love, and now so happy, you get married, it's rather snappy, that's when the ties begin to weaken, becoming fractured. Soon the man who you have loved leaves you in tears, as he vanishes, dissolves and disappears, leaves a door for a rich neighbour, who wants to offer you his sabre, he's prepared to wait a while, long as six years.

Fabulous performances by some rather splendid actors in a tale that engages and engulfs.