The Return of the Native | Adaptations
Although the novel lends itself to cinematic representation, especially the early scenes on Guy Fawkes Day, comparatively few efforts have been made to capture The Return of the Native cinematically. The novel was dramatized for staging in 1920 by the Dorchester Players, an amateur group. Biographer Michael Millgate notes that Hardy took intense pleasure in the adaptation, though he had little to do with the actual script. In 1998, a Hallmark Hall of Fame production, perhaps influenced by the moderately successful feature film versions of Tess of the d'Urbervilles and...
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