The New Hardy Players bring the stories of Thomas Hardy to life through evocative dramatisations of his work

Recreation of a photograph of Thomas Hardy and the cast of Tess

Return of Christmas in the Courtroom

Father Christmas is back! Thursday 14th & Friday 15th December 2023. A festive feast of traditional seasonal entertainment (including a stuffing of local and well-known Christmas carols, midwinter poetry from Hardy and Barnes, dramatic scenes from the Mayor of Casterbridge and Under the Greenwood Tree, plus a Christmas Mummers play) in the evocative surroundings of Dorchester’s iconic Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum.
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The New Hardy Players present

The video production of our performance in 2019 ‘Far from the maddening crowd’

PART 1 and PART 2

‘The Trumpet Major’ from our 2018 production

PART 1 and PART 2

An interview with the man behind the plays, but who rarely gets seen, Our Chairman, Producer and technical wizard, Andy Worth.

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