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	== Translations and Adaptations ==		== Translations and Adaptations ==
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		+	The following adaptations have been produced in South Africa:

	Adapted as comic opera in three acts by [[Edward German]], with a libretto by [[Robert Courtneidge]] and [[Alexander M. Thompson]] and lyrics by [[Charles H. Taylor]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_%28Edward_German%29]. First produced and published in 1907.		Adapted as comic opera in three acts by [[Edward German]], with a libretto by [[Robert Courtneidge]] and [[Alexander M. Thompson]] and lyrics by [[Charles H. Taylor]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_%28Edward_German%29]. First produced and published in 1907.

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 Adapted as comic opera in three acts by [[Edward German]], with a libretto by [[Robert Courtneidge]] and [[Alexander M. Thompson]] and lyrics by [[Charles H. Taylor]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_%28Edward_German%29]. First produced and published in 1907.
 Adapted for the stage as ''[[Tom Jones]]'' by [[Janice Honeyman]] in 1983.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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 == The original text ==
-Originally published on 28 February 1749 in London, as ''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'', but more often simply referred to as ''Tom Jones'',
+Originally published by Andrew Millar on 28 February 1749 in London, as ''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'', but more often simply referred to as ''Tom Jones'',
+The work has been has been dramatized in a variety of ways over the years, for stage (as straight play, as a musical and as an opera), for radio, TV and film. Interestingly enough, Fielding, a successful dramatist in his own right, never wrote a stage version of the story.
 == Translations and Adaptations ==
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Staged by the [[Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society]] in 1950.
+: Staged in the Edward German version, as a comic opera by the [[Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society]] in 1950.
-: Produced by [[PACT]], adapted and directed by [[Janice Honeyman]], with [[Andrew Buckland]], [[Karin Jerg]], [[Peter Terry]], [[Jenny Sharp]], [[Martin le Maitre]] and [[Carol-Ann Kelleher]] in the cast.
+: Produced by [[PACT]] in the [[Arena Theatre]],  adapted and directed by [[Janice Honeyman]], with [[Andrew Buckland]], [[Karin Jerg]], [[Peter Terry]], [[Jenny Sharp]], [[Martin le Maitre]] and [[Carol-Ann Kelleher]] in the cast.
 == Sources ==

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-''[[Tom Jones]]'' is a novel by Henry Fielding. It has been dramatized in a variety of ways over the years.
+''[[Tom Jones]]'' is a comic novel by Henry Fielding, and also the title under which it was dramatized over the years.
 == Translations and Adaptations ==
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 Adapted as comic opera in three acts by [[Edward German]], with a libretto by [[Robert Courtneidge]] and [[Alexander M. Thompson]] and lyrics by [[Charles H. Taylor]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_%28Edward_German%29]. First produced and published in 1907.
-Adapted for the stage by [[Janice Honeyman]] in 1983.
+Adapted for the stage as ''[[Tom Jones]]'' by [[Janice Honeyman]] in 1983.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
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 == Sources ==
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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-A 1907 comic opera in three acts by [[Edward German]], with a libretto by [[Robert Courtneidge]] and [[Alexander M. Thompson]] and lyrics by [[Charles H. Taylor]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_%28Edward_German%29].
+''[[Tom Jones]]'' is a novel by Henry Fielding. It has been dramatized in a variety of ways over the years.
 == The original text ==
 Founded upon [[Henry Fielding]]'s 1749 novel, ''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling''.
 ==Translations and adaptations==
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-[[Janice Honeyman]]'s 1983 production of Henry Fielding's [[Tom Jones]] for [[PACT]], with [[Andrew Buckland]], [[Karin Jerg]], [[Peter Terry]], [[Jenny Sharp]], [[Martin le Maitre]] and [[Carol-Ann Kelleher]] in the cast.
+: Staged by the [[Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society]] in 1950.
 == Sources ==

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	A 1907 comic opera in three acts by [[Edward German]] founded upon [[Henry Fielding]]'s 1749 novel, ''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'', with a libretto by [[Robert Courtneidge]] and [[Alexander M. Thompson]] and lyrics by [[Charles H. Taylor]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_%28Edward_German%29].		A 1907 comic opera in three acts by [[Edward German]] founded upon [[Henry Fielding]]'s 1749 novel, ''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'', with a libretto by [[Robert Courtneidge]] and [[Alexander M. Thompson]] and lyrics by [[Charles H. Taylor]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_%28Edward_German%29].
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		+	== The original text ==
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		+	==Translations and adaptations==
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		+	== Performance history in South Africa ==
		+	Staged by the [[Port Elizabeth Gilbert and Sullivan Society]] in 1950.
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		+	== Sources ==
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		+	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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