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In 2013 Hollywood film crews descended on Mapperton House Sherborne and Mapperton House near Beaminster to shoot Thomas Vinterberg’s adaptation of Hardy’s fourth novel and first major literary successFar from the Madding Crowd. Starring A-listers Carey Mulligan, Tom Sturridge and Matthias Schoenaerts, film locations include Mapperton House, Sherborne Abbey, Castleton Church and Abbey Close. The streets of Sherborne were transformed to resemble an 1870s market square in Hardy’s town of Casterbridge. The last big screen adaptation of this classic novel was in 1967 and starred Alan Bates and © Sally Head Productions Julie Christie using locations including Maiden Castle, Juliet Aubrey (Susan) Max Gate and 14th Century Tithe Barn at Abbotsbury. Ciaran Hinds (Michael Hardy’s birthplace The 2003 ITV adaptation of The Mayor of Henchard) in The Mayor Casterbridge starring Ciaran Hinds and Jodhi May of Casterbridge was filmed at locations including Maiden Castle, Cerne Abbas and Charmouth. Cerne Abbas and Minterne Gardens provided locations for the Hardy’s Wessex filming of the 1998 ITV production ofTess of the .