REVIEW: A Few Crusted Characters by The New Hardy Players, Maumbury Rings, Dorchester Most of us know the ‘big’ Thomas Hardy ...

Ms Woodhall was the last surviving member of Thomas Hardy’s original band of players who formed in 1908. The group were given Hardy’s personal blessing to adapt his work and bring it to life ...

Carol singers honour Hardy. Video: The Hardy Players dress in costume to sing carols at Hardy's Higher Bockhampton ... Photos from the BBC TV production of Thomas Hardy's much loved Dorset-set novel.

In “Hardy Women,” biographer Paula Byrne explores how women — many of them — influenced the author of “Jude the Obscure” and “Tess of the d’Urbervilles.” ...