Tom Jones
Tom Jones is a comic novel by Henry Fielding, and also the title under which it was dramatized over the years.
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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,
is a comic novel by the English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. The novel is both a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel. First published has been dramatized in a variety of ways over the years.
Translations and Adaptations
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 [1]. First produced and published in 1907.
Adapted for the stage as Tom Jones by Janice Honeyman in 1983.
Performance history in South Africa
1950: Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society in 1950.
1983: 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.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_Tom_Jones,_a_Foundling
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