| HO3075 "AUGUST 2003 NOTES AND QUERIES" 8/1/03 HARDY FORUM ARCHIVE |
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Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 09:34:57 +0100 From: David Herrick <David.Herrick@bristol.ac.uk> Subject: Hardy adaptations on DVD
Dear All,
I have a couple of queries about the DVD editions of a couple of Hardy adaptations that I would be very grateful if anyone could help me with...
Firstly, the adaptations of Tess & Madding Crowd (starring Justine Waddell & Nathanial Parker respectively) that was first shown (in the UK) at least on ITV 4 or 5 years ago. These have come out on Region 2 DVD recently and I am wondering whether they have been released with their broadcast 2-part structure intact or with both parts edited together. If anyone has these I would also be interested in any comments on the picture quality.
Secondly I am interested in Michael Winterbottom's Jude. I bought the region 2 (UK) DVD when it came out a couple of years ago, but it was so bad that I took it back. The transfer was the same as the VHS edition, i.e Pan & Scan. I have heard that the region 1 (American) release is a widescreen anamorphic transfer, but then again I've heard that it isn't. Is anyone able to confirm that it is at least widescreen? Again any general comments on the quality of the DVD would also be welcome.
Many thanks,
David
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Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 09:22:28 -0400 From: Robert Schweik <schweikr@localnet.com> Subject: Re: Hardy adaptations on DVD
The DVD version of the Winterbottom *Jude* that I have is in wide screen format. It's at my office so I can't right now give a full citation to it, but, if you want that, email me privately and I'll get it to you. Bob Schweik |
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Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 10:47:16 -0700 From: Betty Cortus <hardycor@owl.csusm.edu> Subject: Wessex Ed. For sale
Dear Forum Members, The following message comes from an individual who is not a member of the Forum. Please reply to him privately if you are interested in this collection. Betty Cortus
From: "johnolywa" <johnolywa@hotmail.com> To: <hardycor@owl.csusm.edu> Subject: Complete works of Thomas Hardy Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 08:26:37 -0700
Dear Dr. Cortus, I have a complete collected works of Thomas Hardy that I would like to sell to a buyer who would appreciate. I wonder if you might set my feet on the right path. This is the Wessex edition, as republished in 1985, fully leather bound in dark green, 24 volumes, in pristine condition. They are beautiful to look at. I inherited them from my uncle. I, alas, am not a Thomas Hardy fan, and would be interested in selling the set in order to invest in other books that do represent my own interest area better. John Robinson, Ph.D. Olympia, Washington jfr@olywa.net johnolywa@hotmail.com
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From: Thudecki@cs.com Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 16:10:38 EDT Subject: Re: Mayor on A&E
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Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 21:20:18 -0400 From: Rosemarie Morgan <rosemarie.morgan@yale.edu> Subject: Re: Mayor on A&E
Missed you by a few days-- I had lunch near Lacock Abbey last Sunday.
(Beautiful Abbey)
Cheers, RM
At 12:46 AM 8/8/03 +0100, you wrote: I spent one day parading in a procession of dignitaries along a >street in Lacock (near Bath) - where photography was "invented" (well, where > >Michael B
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Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 10:33:18 -0400 From: Rosemarie Morgan <rosemarie.morgan@yale.edu> Subject: Re: Fw: Re:e-books for the dispossesed.
Michael-- thank you for your good letter.
I think we concluded that not only are there e-texts 'out there" for those who wish to use them but that for individuals with restricted access to the internet (as in Latvia, India etc) such texts are not an ideal resource. Having said that, there may be good reason for our Novels page Director, Birgit Plietzsch to add e-text links (from your source) to the existing TTHA Novels page. Bob Schweik's TTHA LINKS page already makes provision for e-texts although the book titles might not be gathered together but scattered under alphabetical headings. (Correct me if I'm wrong, Bob. I haven't visited LINKS for a few weeks). The LINKS resource also includes a Cautionary Note as to the unreliability of e-texts: they should always be checked, by users, against the print-published version for accuracy.
Feedback from others on this issue would be welcomed.
Your generous offer of help, Michael, is much appreciated.
Cheers Rosemarie |
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From: "Julian W. Whipple" <jww543@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Hardy On BBC Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 14:57:10 -0400
Bravo, Richard!
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From: "Roy Buckle" <erb@segr.demon.co.uk> Subject: MUSIC! Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 18:30:50 +0100
Dear Listers Pardon for this non-literary intrusion but you may like to hear some of the latest additions to the SEGR Music website. Especially the transcription of--- 'The Elfin CallÕ. Unless I am much mistaken this has not been heard in recent years, and I invite you to listen to its electronic "WORLD PREMIERE"! After a lengthy search (by what Betty calls "sleuthing") the song turned up at Jan's place (what was I doing there? - only sleuthing, Betty!) Picture the two ladies in the parlour at St Juliot on the evening of March 9th 1870 ("she dark, I fair") singing this duet for TH. The other 'duet' Hardy mentions was presumably the solo song 'Bid Me DiscourseÕ (which contains the words "dance on the sands."). Both can now be heard at www.segr-music.net Roy Buckle
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From: "Michael Barry" <michaelj.barry@talk21.com> Subject: Re: Mayor on A&E Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:23:42 +0100
No Rosemarie - not by a few days - by a few years! My procession was the one in "Mayor" (I earn a bit of cash now and again as a "Supporting Artist"!) M Barry
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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 15:14:41 -0400 From: Rosemarie Morgan <rosemarie.morgan@yale.edu> Subject: Re: Mayor on A&E
A day-- a year --? Ah well-- Hardyan "shades" were never beholden to clocks and calendars were they?
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Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 12:59:44 -0400 From: Rosemarie Morgan <rosemarie.morgan@yale.edu> Subject: Re: Timely-- huh? The Mayor of Casterbridge
Dear Ms. Morgan, A&E Home Video is pleased to announce that THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE, A&E䴜s lavish adaptation of Thomas Hardy䴜s classic, will become available on September 30th, 2003 -- wherever DVDs are sold! Adapted for the small screen by Ted Whitehead (Jane Eyre), this captivating story of love, honor, family, and betrayal stars Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion) as Michael Henchard and Jodhi May (The House of Mirth) as Elizabeth Jane. Join us in celebrating the release of THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE, and please share this good news with the your site䴜s members and visitors. Let me know if you would like me to send a boxshot or link to the A&E store to post on your site.
Thank you,
Nathaniel
Nathaniel Mendelsohn New Video 126 5th Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10011 Tel: 212-206-8600 x255 Fax: 212-206-9001 nmendelsohn@newvideo.com
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From: "Richard Nemesvari" <rnemesva@stfx.ca> Subject: Re: Timely-- huh? The Mayor of Casterbridge Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 16:31:43 -0300
It sure is timely, isn't it "Ms." Morgan. Wow, shades of my undergraduates, many of whom continue to address my female colleagues as "Miss" long after they've been told to cut it out and use "Dr." or "Prof." High-school habits die hard.
The thing I find most interesting in this message, however, is that in presenting Ted Whitehead as author of the screenplay it touts his version of *Jane Eyre.* Since it's attempting to sell *Mayor,* wouldn't you think they would emphasize his screenplay of *Tess*? Or maybe they're sending a message about their lack of confidence in that production. Curious.
Richard Nemesvari Department of English St. Francis Xavier University rnemesva@stfx.ca
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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 17:16:21 -0700 From: Cortus <hardycor@owl.csusm.edu> Subject: Re: MUSIC!
I did enjoy the elves Roy. The melody is most fetching, and your web-site very elegant. Thanks for telling us about it. Betty
> Dear Listers Pardon for this non-literary intrusion but you may like >to hear some of the latest additions to the SEGR Music website. >Especially the transcription of--- 'The Elfin CallÕ.
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Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 14:25:31 -0400 From: Rosemarie Morgan <rosemarie.morgan@yale.edu> Subject: Re: Timely-- huh? The Mayor of Casterbridge
Perhaps the idea, Richard, is to show diversity?
By the way, PROFESSOR (ahem!) Rogers, director & editor of TTHA's *Reviews" page, will also be featuring film reviews -- seems that Whitehead's MC will start the ball rolling. If we get enough dialogues on the subject it may be opportune for TTHA to produce an *Occasional Series* issue on the topic. Betty will know better than I how much Forum material we have on "Hardy" films generally. Also, incidentally, while I'm on the subject, if any Forum member objects to appearing in print/book publication (as in past & present numbers of *The Hardy Review-* & *The Occasional Series,* Vols 1 & 2) they should email me and let me know. Their comments can always be anonymously paraphrased instead if that's preferred.
All best,
Rosemarie-
>The thing I find most interesting in this message, however, is that in >presenting Ted Whitehead as author of the screenplay it touts his version of >*Jane Eyre.* Since it's attempting to sell *Mayor,* wouldn't you think they >would emphasize his screenplay of *Tess*?
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Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 17:16:10 -0400 From: Robert Schweik <schweikr@localnet.com> Subject: Re: Timely-- huh? The Mayor of Casterbridge
Dear Rosemarie,
Anent the recent MofC video, as (I think) you know, I've been in contact with the A&E publicity guy, and now it's settled that when the video comes out he'll send me a copy. And I, in turn, have written to Shannon telling her that I'll immediately forward it to her. I want to see it briefly for bibliographic reasons or I'd have had him send it directly to her.
My idea, of course, is that she'll farm it out for review. My hope is that she won't farm it out to PA. But, of course, I couldn't say anything like that. Keith Wilson, I think, would be great. But, again, I didn't want to press anything on her.
What I'd like to see (and, perhaps some of it is coming to pass) is that Shannon will be regularly getting books to review from publishers. I think that the book review page is going to be more and more a leading draw for members. Far, far more than the Checklist which, although important and very useful, doesn't have the attractiveness of the give-and-take of the review page, and is likely to appeal mostly to working scholars. But I make no apology for that. My hope is that in time TTHA membership will be something *anyone* doing serious scholarly work on Hardy will feel necessary to have. And the book review page will for such people also be a major draw.
For that, the currency of the book review page seems to me to be really important. Imagine, Rosemarie, our getting book reviews out on new Hardy books faster than anyone else--years faster! For that reason, I propose--to you, for the time being--a practice that whenever I come across a new Hardy publication that I'll be putting on the Checklist, I'll automatically send a reference to it to Shannon for whatever use she may make of it. She could then send for review copies. Of course she could just survey the current Checklist, but I think, it would be more helpful to her to have something like current "reminders" sent to her. In any case, our electronic base makes it possible to beat any print publication for quickness of getting reviews out. And *that*, it seems to me, would be one really *major* reason for becoming a member of TTHA. Even more if the reviews pages become places for debate.
Well, dear, I'll stop babbling on. There will always be a lot of people who will want to have John Pentney take them on a walking tour of Maiden Castle, and I don't for a moment underestimate that attraction. But I begin to feel that the TTHA can become, in an important way, the very center of Hardy studies.
Well, dear, I'll stop babbling on.
Love,
Bob
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From: DMSECK@aol.com Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 17:53:54 EDT Subject: Re: Timely-- huh? The Mayor of Casterbridge
In a message dated 8/28/2003 2:18:13 PM Pacific Standard Time, schweikr@localnet.com writes: Dear Rosemarie, Anent the recent MofC video, as (I think) you know, I've been In contact with the A&E publicity guy, and now it's settled that when the video comes out he'll send me a copy. Greetings ~ I am confused about a video copy of *Mayor* from the A & E since there is one available on EBay. The listing states: "This video is for the wonderful new 2003 A&E adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel, "The Mayor of Casterbridge" that aired on August 17th. It stars CIARAN HINDS, POLLY WALKER, JAMES PUREFOY, JODHI MAY, JULIET AUBREY and JEAN MARSH. " This listing came out yesterday, so I am unsure it is not pirated. This seems *particularly* timely! I have included a link. <http://cgi.aol.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3345163934&category=2275>eBay item 3345163934 (Ends Sep-03-03 18:09:49 PDT) - MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE~03 A&E Vhs~THOMAS HARDY Regards, Donna Seckrater
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Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 20:04:57 -0400 From: Robert Schweik <schweikr@localnet.com> Subject: Re: Timely-- huh? The Mayor of Casterbridge
Dear Donna,
It must be pirated. The information I have is that the copyrighted copy will not be published until later.
Bob Schweik
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Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 08:14:11 -0400 From: Shannon Rogers <srogers@sju.edu> Subject: Fwd: Re: Timely-- huh? The Mayor of Casterbridge
Indeed, PROFESSOR Morgan!
I'm very excited about the prospect of diversifying and broadening the coverage of the page into new media and wouldn't it be exciting to have an *Occasional Series* issue on Hardy in Film! I seem to recall a thread a few years back, when *The Claim* came out (and of course when the A&E Tess came out, but that might be reaching back too far?), and the new FFMC, which I have unfortunately been unable to find.
Cheers, Shannon
>>From: Rosemarie Morgan <rosemarie.morgan@yale.edu> >>Subject: Re: Timely-- huh? The Mayor of Casterbridge >>Reply-To: HARDY-L@csusm.edu >> >>Perhaps the idea, Richard, is to show diversity? >> >>By the way, PROFESSOR (ahem!) Rogers, director & editor of TTHA's >>*Reviews" page, will also be featuring film reviews -- seems that >>Whitehead's MC will start the ball rolling. If we get enough dialogues on >>the subject it may be opportune for TTHA to produce an *Occasional Series* >>issue on the topic. Betty will know better than I how much Forum material >>we have on "Hardy" films generally. Also, incidentally, while I'm on the >>subject, if any Forum member objects to appearing in print/book publication >>(as in past & present numbers of *The Hardy Review-* & *The Occasional >>Series,* Vols 1 & 2) they should email me and let me know. Their comments >>can always be anonymously paraphrased instead if that's preferred. >> >>All best, >> >>Rosemarie-
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Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:04:32 -0400 From: Shannon Rogers <srogers@sju.edu> Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Timely-- huh? The Mayor of Casterbridge
At 07:47 AM 8/29/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>>What I'd like to see (and, perhaps some of it is coming to pass) is that >>Shannon will be regularly getting books to review from publishers. I >>think that the book review page is going to be more and more a leading >>draw for members. Far, far more than the Checklist which, although >>important and very useful, doesn't have the attractiveness of >>the give-and-take of the review page, and is likely to appeal mostly to >>working scholars. But I make no apology for that. My hope is that in >>time TTHA membership will be something *anyone* doing serious >>scholarly work on Hardy will feel necessary to have. And the book >>review page will for such people also be a major draw.
I felt compelled to respond to this, both to announce that I'm proud to say I have started (but only *just* started) to get a book or two unasked. I take this as a step in the right direction that word is out about the Reviews Page and that publishers are beginning to see it as a valuable resource for bringing their books to the attention of scholars.
The other thing I wanted to mention is that I really see the Checklist and the Reviews Page as working in tandem. Not only is the Checklist *the* most up-to-date bibliographical resource around, but because we don't review articles, the Checklist becomes that much necessary and useful just to find out what is out there.
Cheers, Shannon
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Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:21:17 -0400 From: Rosemarie Morgan <rosemarie.morgan@yale.edu> Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Timely-- huh? The Mayor of Casterbridge
Bravo Shannon-- so can we look forward to inter-hyperlinked pages on *Reviews* and "Checklist*? Best, Rosemarie
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