The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Revision history

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Performance history in South Africa

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Performance history in South Africa

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''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'' is a play based on the 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a boy, Tom Sawyer, growing up along the Mississippi River.

== Performance history in South Africa ==
1985: Produced by [[Children's Theatre Productions]] at the [[Intimate Theatre]], Johannesburg, directed by [[Joyce Levinsohn]] and [[Jill Girard]].

== Sources ==
[[Walter Greyvenstein|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988. ''The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.

Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Produced by [[Children's Theatre Productions]] at the [[Arena Theatre, Rosebank]], Johannesburg, directed by [[Joyce Levinsohn]] and [[Jill Girard]].
+: Produced by [[Children's Theatre Productions]] at the Rosebank [[Arena Theatre]], Johannesburg, directed by [[Joyce Levinsohn]] and [[Jill Girard]].
 : Produced by [[Children's Theatre Productions]] at the [[Intimate Theatre]], Johannesburg, directed by [[Joyce Levinsohn]] and [[Jill Girard]].

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	1985: Produced by [[Children's Theatre Productions]] at the [[Intimate Theatre]], Johannesburg, directed by [[Joyce Levinsohn]] and [[Jill Girard]].		1985: Produced by [[Children's Theatre Productions]] at the [[Intimate Theatre]], Johannesburg, directed by [[Joyce Levinsohn]] and [[Jill Girard]].

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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-Several adaptations have been made for stage, film, television and radio.
+Several adaptations have been made for stage, film, television and radio. Often these have been titled or referred to simply as ''[[Tom Sawyer]]''.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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		+	Several adaptations have been made for stage, film, television and radio.

	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==