Hard Times

Overview

Charles Dickens' bleak, passionate novel about the challenges of life in 19th-century London comes to life.

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Cast

Harriet Walter

Rachel

Bill Paterson

Stephen Blackpool

Alan Bates

Josiah Bounderby

Beatie Edney

Louisa Gradgrind

Bob Peck

Thomas Gradgrind

Emma Lewis

Sissy Jupe

Richard E. Grant

James Harthouse

Christien Anholt

Tom

Dilys Laye

Mrs. Sparsit

Alex Jennings

Bitzer

Patsy Byrne

Old Woman

Diana Fairfax

Mrs. Gradgrind

Peter Bayliss

Sleary

Timothy Bateson

Childers