Then there was a recent opera in London by composer Richard Thomas, called Jerry Springer: The Opera.

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The Opera House had already said it favoured a contemporary story with a touch of humour but nothing really coalesced until Turnage met Richard Thomas, co-author of Jerry Springer: the Opera.

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