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Tom Jones: 6: The Happy Bitches

on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Henry Fielding.
The last of six parts adapted for radio by Hallam Tennyson.
With Anton Lesser as Tom Jones, Kathryn Hurlbutt as Sophia Western,
Peter Jeffrey as Squire Western, Sarah Badel as Miss Western, Clifford Rose as Squire Allworthy, Charles Gray as Lord Fellamar, Annette Crosbie as Mrs Waters, and Martin Jarvis as Henry Fielding.
In which Tom Jones languishes in prison; Lord Fellamar may yet marry Sophia; Mrs Waters brings Tom succour; Tom's mother is revealed and everything ends happily.
(Martin Jarvis is in "Caught in the Act" at the Garrick Theatre, London)

Contributors

Author:
Henry Fielding
Dramatist:
Hallam Tennyson
Music:
Ilona Sekacz
Director:
Martin Jenkins
Henry Fielding:
Martin Jarvis
Tom Jones:
Anton Lesser
Sophia Western:
Kathryn Hurlbutt
Squire Western:
Peter Jeffrey
Miss Western:
Sarah Badel
Squire Allworthy:
Clifford Rose
Lord Fellamar:
Charles Gray
Mrs Waters:
Annette Crosbie
Mrs Miller:
Eva Stuart
Mr Blifil:
Andrew Secombe
Turnkey/Dowling:
Ronald Herdman
Mr Partridge:
John Warner
Mr Nightingale:
David McAlister
Mr Thwackum:
Hugh Dickson

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