References in Other Works
- In 1927 the composer Gustav Holst wrote a tone poem for orchestra entitled Egdon Heath, explicitly in homage to Hardy. He considered the restrained but brooding piece to be one of his best works. In the early 1970s, Granada Television produced a half-hour documentary in its 'Parade' art series entitled Egdon Heath in which an actor portraying Holst is walking across the barren heath while the music in playing, and sees scenes and characters from The Return of the Native.
- In 1954 Bill Russo composed a Third Stream work titled Egdon Heath. This was also in homage to Hardy, written for the Stan Kenton Orchestra.
- In Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall, "Egdon Heath" is the location of a prison.
- In Jacky Gillott's Providence Place the family picnic on Egdon Heath, though Gillott mistakes Eggardon Hill for the heath.
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