Oliver Twist (play version)

 

Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens, Jeremy Brock’s splendidly theatrical stage version of Oliver Twist combines all the richness of Dickens’s story – the sinister antics of Fagin, the comic pomposity of Mr Bumble the Beadle, and the horror of Nancy’s murder at the hands of Sykes. Originally devised for eleven actors playing multiple roles, the play is easy to stage, makes good use of sound effects for atmosphere and makes more than a nod to the contemporary world.