Under the Greenwood Tree
by Thomas Hardyliterary work· published 1872
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Under the Greenwood Tree is the story of the romantic entanglement between church musician, Dick Dewey, and the attractive new school mistress, Fancy Day. A pleasant romantic tale set in the Victorian era, Under the Greenwood Tree is one of Thomas Hardy's most gentle and pastoral novels.
Adaptations (3)
Under the Greenwood Tree has been adapted 3 times, across film and television film, from 1918 to 2006.
Under the Greenwood Tree1918 · film · 50 min · dir. Emile Chautard · IMDb ↗Acting on her love of nature and loathing of titled fortune hunters, heiress Mary Hamilton leaves home with her secretary, Peggy Ingledew, to join a band of roving gypsies. One of Mary's suitors, Sir Kenneth Graham, follows the two young women into the woods, dressed in gypsy garb, but when Jack Hutton decides to rid his forested land of gypsies, Sir Kenneth is thrown into jail.
Under the Greenwood Tree1929 · film · 60 min · dir. Harry Lachman · IMDb ↗IMDb6.9A girl organist is blamed for ousting the village choir.
Under the Greenwood Tree2006 · television film · 93 min · dir. Nicholas Laughland · IMDb ↗IMDb6.9Set in a rustic English village in the mid 19th century, Under The Greenwood Tree tells the story of a poor young man who falls for a middle-class schoolteacher and attempts to win her over.
