Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film) fell off a steep cliff. Ignoring Gabriel's love, Bathsheba impulsively sends a valentine to William Boldwood (Peter Finch), a nearby gentleman farmer. When he misinterprets her capriciousness and proposes to her, Bathsheba promises to consider his offer. But she becomes enamoured of Frank Troy (Terence Stamp), a dashing cavalry sergeant. Troy was supposed to marry young Fanny Robin (Prunella Ransome), a maidservant pregnant with his child, but she went to the wrong church on their wedding day, and Troy was then posted out of town. Bathsheba marries him after his return. Troy gambles away most of Bathsheba's money and creates
Jonathan Firth VI (1994). In addition to his roles in the theatre, Firth has acted in cinematic films and radio dramas, narrated audiobooks, and has also made notable television appearances, such as Linton Heathcliff in "Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights" (1992); Fred Vincy in "Middlemarch" (1994); Sergeant Troy in "Far from the Madding Crowd", for which he received a nomination for best actor; Lord Arthur Goring in "An Ideal Husband" (2000); and Prince Albert in "Victoria & Albert" (2001). He portrayed Joshua in the 2000 biblical film, "In the Beginning". In 2003, he acted in the BBC's dramatised documentary "". That same year,