Tom Jones

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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 [1].

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

Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society in 1950.

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.

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