num_pages: 92
description: ‘It is a solemn thing to hear, in a darkened room, the voice of a child…’Using Charles Dickens’ original words, a handful of tunesstolen from the vivid world of Victorian music-hall, and a chameleon ensemble of thirteen actors, Neil Bartlett’s powerful version of Oliver Twist brings the dark underbelly of nineteenth-century London back to bold theatrical life. The unforgettable characters – Fagin, Nancy, Bill Sikes, and the Artful Dodger – inhabit a world filled with images of danger and fear, innocence and hope; a world seen through the eyes of an astonished child. This version was first performed at the Lyric Hammersmith in 2004.
language: English
title: Oliver Twist
titlecomplete: Oliver Twist (Oberon Classics)
characters: Artful Dodger, Oliver Twist, Rose Maylie
genres: Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, Literature, Victorian, Classic Literature, Classics, British Literature, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 377557
places: London, England
awards: awardedAt: 1325404800000
name: CityRead London
publisher: Oberon Books