Far From The Madding Crowd 2025. Far from the madding crowd demonstrates live, vibrant theatre at its very best. Thomas hardy’s masterpiece about love, class and gender roles is set against the rural landscape of victorian england and is thrillingly brought to life in a new adaptation by the acclaimed conn.

Engrossing update of thomas hardy’s classic book, this pared down version by director thomas vinterberg is nearly three quarters of an hour shorter than schlesinger’s. Far from the madding crowd is a tale of love, romance and tragedy where bathsheba everdene is loved by three different men, the patient gabriel oak, the obsessed william.