By Joan Macalpine
Directed by Hunter Bell
Season: 8 - 19 May 1971
Before Bridgerton, there was Tom Jones, a rich, ripe, rowdy, bawdy romp—a comedy set in the mid-eighteenth century. The story of a man who was young, foolish, and not so much a sinner as a man much beset by women.’ And the trouble it causes could cost him his life! Tom Jones has been a movie, a musical, several TV series, and a much-performed play. Based on the 18th-century novels of Henry Fielding and adapted for the stage by Joan MacAlpine, Tom Jones is a story of honesty versus lies, love versus lust, virtue versus treacherous hypocrisy, and the class and manners of the era. It is a story about human nature, and it's a lot of fun.
Cast:
Tom Jones - Robin Queree
Squire Allworthy - Jack Baird
Bridget Allworthy - Helen White
Thwackum - Peter Brown
Blifil - Nicholas Blake
Squire Western - Mervyn Glue
Molly Seagrim - Shelley Reid
Sophia Western - Islay McLeod
Doctor - George Edwards
Honour - Rosemary Dyer and Karen Wright
Susan - Carole Rout
Mrs Waters - Gladys Thin
Mrs Fitzpatrick - Frances Pattinson
Betty - Norma Emmerson
Captain Fitzpatrick - Ivan Finlayson
Lord Fellamar - David Walshaw
Constable - Terrance O'Cain
First Bystander - George Edwards
Second Bystander - Simon Horlor
Woman with a Basket - Irene MacDonald
Andrews - Donald Bruce
Allworthy's Servant - David Walshaw
Executioner - Graham Loader
Priest - Donald Bruce
Bystanders - Helen White, Joan Hern, Karen Wright
Directed by Hunter Bell
Season: 8 - 19 May 1971
Before Bridgerton, there was Tom Jones, a rich, ripe, rowdy, bawdy romp—a comedy set in the mid-eighteenth century. The story of a man who was young, foolish, and not so much a sinner as a man much beset by women.’ And the trouble it causes could cost him his life! Tom Jones has been a movie, a musical, several TV series, and a much-performed play. Based on the 18th-century novels of Henry Fielding and adapted for the stage by Joan MacAlpine, Tom Jones is a story of honesty versus lies, love versus lust, virtue versus treacherous hypocrisy, and the class and manners of the era. It is a story about human nature, and it's a lot of fun.
Cast:
Tom Jones - Robin Queree
Squire Allworthy - Jack Baird
Bridget Allworthy - Helen White
Thwackum - Peter Brown
Blifil - Nicholas Blake
Squire Western - Mervyn Glue
Molly Seagrim - Shelley Reid
Sophia Western - Islay McLeod
Doctor - George Edwards
Honour - Rosemary Dyer and Karen Wright
Susan - Carole Rout
Mrs Waters - Gladys Thin
Mrs Fitzpatrick - Frances Pattinson
Betty - Norma Emmerson
Captain Fitzpatrick - Ivan Finlayson
Lord Fellamar - David Walshaw
Constable - Terrance O'Cain
First Bystander - George Edwards
Second Bystander - Simon Horlor
Woman with a Basket - Irene MacDonald
Andrews - Donald Bruce
Allworthy's Servant - David Walshaw
Executioner - Graham Loader
Priest - Donald Bruce
Bystanders - Helen White, Joan Hern, Karen Wright
