![]() ![]() Nancy, along with her young friend Bet, a 15-year-old lass who idolizes Nancy, and the boys sing about how they don't mind a bit of danger and the life they're living isn't so bad ("It's a Fine Life"). The next day, Oliver meets Nancy, an older member of Fagin's gang and the girlfriend of Fagin's terrifying associate Bill Sikes, a brutal house- burglar whose abuse she endures because she loves him. Oliver is introduced to Fagin and his boys and taught their ways (" You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"). Oliver is completely unaware of any criminality and believes that the boys make handkerchiefs rather than steal them. Fagin is an elderly criminal, too old to thieve himself, who is now a " fence" and teaches young boys to pick pockets. Dodger is, unknown to Oliver, a pickpocket, and invites Oliver to come and live in Fagin's lair. ![]() Dodger seems a kindly boy, and welcomes Oliver to join him and his friends (" Consider Yourself"). After a week on the run, he ends up in the city of London and meets a boy about his age known as the Artful Dodger. A The entrance of an intoxicated Sowerberry doesn't aid matters, and during all the commotion Oliver escapes. The three lock Oliver inside a coffin, and Mr. Sowerberry and her daughter, Charlotte, who is also Noah's girlfriend, run in. The next morning, Noah Claypole, another employee of Sowerberry, insults Oliver's dead mother, whereupon Oliver begins pummeling him. Oliver is sent to sleep in the basement with the coffins (" Where Is Love?"). Bumble ("That's Your Funeral"), causing Mr. Sowerberry and his wife taunt Oliver and Mr. Bumble then takes Oliver and sells him as an apprentice to an undertaker, Mr. Bumble's lap, as he eventually proposes to her. Corney pretends to resent his attentions, but ends up on Mr. ![]() Bumble begins to make amorous advances ("I Shall Scream!"). Bumble and Widow Corney are left alone, and Mr. Bumble and the Widow Corney, the heartless and greedy caretakers of the workhouse (" Oliver!"). Oliver gathers up the courage to ask for more, and is immediately apprehended by parish beadle Mr. They are fed only gruel, but find some solace by imagining a richer menu ("Food Glorious Food"). The musical opens in the workhouse, as the half-starved orphan boys are entering the enormous dining hall for supper. Although Dickens's novel has been called antisemitic in its portrayal of the Jew Fagin as evil, the production by Bart (himself Jewish) was more sympathetic and featured many Jewish actors in leading roles: Ron Moody (Ronald Moodnick), Georgia Brown (Lilian Klot), and Martin Horsey. The plot of Dickens's original novel is considerably simplified for the purposes of the musical, with Fagin being represented more as a comic character than as a villain, and large portions of the latter part of the story being completely left out. There had been two previous Dickens musicals in the 1950s, both of them television adaptations of A Christmas Carol. Oliver! was the first musical adaptation of a famous Charles Dickens work to become a stage hit. Many songs are well known to the public, such as " Food, Glorious Food", " Consider Yourself" and " I'd Do Anything". In 1963 Lionel Bart received the Tony Award for Best Original Score. Oliver! received thousands of performances in British schools, becoming one of the most popular school musicals. ![]() Additionally, its 1968 film adaptation, directed by Carol Reed, won six Academy Awards including Best Picture. Oliver! ran on Broadway, after being brought to the U.S. It premiered at the Wimbledon Theatre, southwest London in 1960 before opening in the West End, where it enjoyed a record-breaking long run. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Oliver! is a coming-of-age stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. 2022 Blyth Hall, Newport-on-Tay, Scotland. ![]()
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