'It is a solemn thing to hear, in a darkened room, the voice of a child…'Using Charles Dickens' original words, a handful of tunes stolen from the vivid world of Victorian music-hall, and a chameleon ensemble of thirteen actors, Neil Bartlett's...
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'It is a solemn thing to hear, in a darkened room, the voice of a child…'Using Charles Dickens' original words, a handful of tunes stolen 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 pe
Front Cover; Half-title page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Staging Dickens: Making a New Stage Version of Oliver Twist; Characters; ACT ONE; ACT TWO; OTHER NEIL BARTLETT TITLES