Shakespeare Santa Cruz: Tom Jones - "The Fringe Show"

Join Shakespeare Santa Cruz as their talented acting and production interns are given their opportunity in the spotlight in the annual Fringe Show. Directed by Patty Gallagher, this version of Henry Fielding's "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling," was adapted by Jon Jory. The story follows its eponymous character, abandoned as a child to the care of Squire Allworthy. When Tom is fully grown, he is launched into the bewildering romantic world, falling in love with the virtuous Sophia Western, whose father is determined to keep the two apart. In his hilarious pursuit of true love, the well-intentioned Tom finds himself the object of female attention and hysterical romantic complications.