Oliver & Big Baby ~ Carl Edwards Lyrics
| Oliver! | |
|---|---|
 Original theatre programme and poster | |
| Music | Lionel Bart |
| Lyrics | Lionel Bart |
| Book | Lionel Bart |
| Basis | Oliver Twist past Charles Dickens |
| Productions |
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| Awards | Tony Honor for All-time Original Score |
Oliver! is a British coming-of-age stage musical, with volume, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel Oliver Twist past Charles Dickens.
Information technology premiered at the Wimbledon Theatre in 1960 before opening in the West Finish, where it enjoyed a record-breaking long run, and successful long runs on Broadway, tours and revivals, after being brought to the United states by producer David Merrick in 1963. Major London revivals played from 1977–1980, 1994–1998, 2008–2011 and on bout in the U.k. from 2011–2013. Additionally, its 1968 film adaptation, directed by Ballad Reed, was highly successful, winning 6 University Awards including Best Motion-picture show.
Oliver! received thousands of performances in British schools, becoming ane of the near popular school musicals.[1] In 1963 Lionel Bart received the Tony Award for All-time Original Score. Many songs are well known to the public.[2] Oliver! was ane of eight Great britain musicals featured on Royal Mail stamps, issued in February 2011.[3]
Groundwork [edit]
Oliver! was the get-go musical adaptation of a famous Charles Dickens work to become a stage striking. There had been 2 previous Dickens musicals in the 1950s, both of them television adaptations of A Christmas Carol. The plot of Dickens' original novel is considerably simplified for the purposes of the musical, with Fagin existence represented more as a comic character than as a villain, and big portions of the latter part of the story being completely left out. Although Dickens' novel has been called antisemitic in its portrayal of the Jew Fagin as evil, the production by Bart (himself a Jew) was more sympathetic and featured many Jewish actors in leading roles: Ron Moody (Ronald Moodnick), Georgia Brown (Lilian Klot), and Martin Horsey.[iv]
Synopsis [edit]
Act I [edit]
The musical opens in the workhouse, every bit the half-starved orphan boys are entering the enormous dining room for dinner. They are fed just gruel, just find some solace by imagining a richer menu ("Nutrient Glorious Food"). Oliver gathers up the courage to ask for more. He is immediately apprehended and is told to gather his belongings past Mr. Bumble and the Widow Corney, the heartless and greedy caretakers of the workhouse ("Oliver!"). Mr. Bumble and Widow Corney are left lonely, and Mr. Bumble begins to brand amorous advances. Mrs. Corney pretends to resent his attentions, but ends up on Mr. Bumble's lap, as he eventually proposes to her ("I Shall Scream!"). Mr. Bumble then takes Oliver and sells him as an apprentice to an undertaker, Mr. Sowerberry ("Boy for Sale"). He and his married woman taunt Oliver and Mr. Bumble ("That'south Your Funeral"), causing Mr. Bumble to get angry and tempest out. Oliver is sent to slumber in the basement with the coffins ("Where Is Love?").
The next morning Noah Claypole, another employee of Sowerberry, insults Oliver'southward expressionless mother, whereupon Oliver begins pummeling him. Mrs. Sowerberry and her daughter, Charlotte, also Noah'southward girlfriend, run in, and Mr. Bumble is sent for. He and the Sowerberrys lock Oliver in a bury, just during all the commotion Oliver escapes. After a week on the run, he ends up in the metropolis of London and meets a boy about his historic period known every bit the Artful Dodger. Dodger seems a kindly boy, and invites Oliver to join him and his friends ("Consider Yourself"). Dodger is, unknown to Oliver, a pickpocket, and he invites Oliver to come and alive in Fagin's lair. Fagin is an elderly criminal, as well old to thieve himself, who now teaches young boys to pick pockets. Oliver is completely unaware of any criminality, and believes that the boys make handkerchiefs rather than steal them. Oliver is introduced to Fagin and his boys, and is taught their means ("You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two").
The adjacent day, Oliver meets Nancy, an older member of Fagin'due south gang, and the live-in married woman of Fagin's terrifying acquaintance Bill Sikes, a roughshod firm-burglar whose abuse she endures because she loves him. Nancy, along with her immature friend Bet, a fifteen-year-old lass who idolizes Nancy, and the boys sing about how they don't heed a bit of danger ("It'south a Fine Life"). Oliver bows securely to Nancy and Bet, trying to be polite. All the boys laugh and mimic Oliver. Nancy singles out Dodger to demonstrate the way the rich people treat each other ("I'd Do Anything"). Nancy and Bet leave and Oliver is sent out with the other boys on his first pickpocketing job ("Exist Back Soon"). Dodger, another boy named Charley Bates, and Oliver decide to stick together, and when Dodger and Charley rob Mr. Brownlow, a wealthy onetime human being, they run off, leaving the horrified Oliver to be arrested for the law-breaking ("The Robbery").
Act II [edit]
In the 3 Cripples pub, at the asking of boisterous customers, Nancy strikes up an onetime tavern song with the low-life ruffians, ("Oom-Pah-Pah"). Bill Sikes makes his first advent, and disperses the crowd ("My Name"). Dodger runs in and tells Fagin about Oliver's capture and removal to the Brownlow household. Scared Oliver will betray the gang's whereabouts, Fagin and Pecker decide to abduct Oliver and bring him back to the den, with Nancy's assist. Nancy, who has come up to care for Oliver, at first refuses to aid, but Bill physically abuses her and forces her into obedience. In spite of this, Nancy withal loves Beak, and believes he loves her too ("As Long every bit He Needs Me").
The next morning, at Mr. Brownlow'due south firm in Bloomsbury, Mrs. Bedwin the housekeeper sings to Oliver ("Where Is Beloved? [Reprise]"), and Oliver wakes up. Mr. Brownlow and Dr. Grimwig decide that Oliver is well enough to go outside, and so Brownlow sends Oliver to return some books to the library. Oliver sees a group of street vendors and joins them in vocal ("Who Volition Buy?"). As the vendors go out, Nancy and Bill announced and grab Oliver. They bring him back to Fagin's den, where Nancy saves Oliver from a beating from Sikes subsequently the boy tries to flee. Nancy remorsefully reviews their dreadful life, just Bill maintains that whatever living is meliorate than none. Fagin tries to act every bit an intermediary ("Information technology's A Fine Life [Reprise]"). Left alone, Fagin wonders what his life might be like if he left London and began an honest life ("Reviewing the Situation"); notwithstanding, after thinking of diverse excuses, he elects to remain a thief.
Back at the workhouse, Mr. Bumble and the Widow Corney, now unhappily married, meet the dying pauper Old Emerge and some other one-time lady, who tell them that Oliver's mother, Agnes, left a gold locket when she died in childbirth. Old Sally stole the locket, which she gives to the Widow Corney. Mr. Bumble and Widow Corney, realizing that Oliver may have wealthy relatives, visit Mr. Brownlow, who has advertised in newspapers for news of him, hoping to profit from any reward given for information ("Oliver! [Reprise]"). Mr. Brownlow realises they are not interested in Oliver's welfare, but only money, and throws them out, just recognizes the movie inside the locket every bit a motion picture of his daughter, and realizes that Oliver is actually his grandson.
Nancy visits Mr. Brownlow, explains how she and Bill abducted Oliver, and remorsefully promises to deliver Oliver to him safely that nighttime on London Bridge. She ponders once more nigh Pecker ("Every bit Long every bit He Needs Me [Reprise]"). Suspecting that Nancy is upward to something, Nib follows her every bit she sneaks Oliver out of Fagin's den. At London Span, he confronts them, knocks Oliver unconscious, and clubs Nancy to death. He then grabs Oliver and runs off. Mr. Brownlow arrives and discovers Nancy's body. A large crowd forms, amongst them the distraught Bet. Bullseye, Bill'south terrier, turns on his master and returns to the scene of the offense and the crowd prepares to follow him to the hideout. Fagin and his boys exit their hideout in panic. Not finding Bill at the hideout, the oversupply returns to the Thames Embankment. Pecker appears at the peak of the bridge, holding Oliver every bit earnest and threatening to kill him. 2 policemen sneak upward on him. 1 of them shoots Neb and the other grabs Oliver. After Oliver is reunited with Mr. Brownlow, the mob disperses offstage. Fagin appears and decides that the time has never looked ameliorate for him to straighten out his life ("Reviewing the Situation [Reprise]").
Musical numbers [edit]
| Act I
| Deed Two
(Note: All songs with a # side by side to them are not on the original London recording. In addition, the Broadway recording drops "That's Your Funeral" and the Act Two reprise of "Oliver!".) The 1994 and 2009 London revival recordings include the Coffin Music, The Robbery, the reprises of "Where is Love" and "Information technology's a Fine Life" and the London Bridge scene. |
Productions [edit]
Original London production [edit]
Oliver! premiered at the Wimbledon Theatre for a preliminary appointment before opening at the New Theatre (now the Noël Coward Theatre) on 30 June 1960 and ran for 2,618 performances, a record for a musical in London at the time.[v] [6] Directed by Peter Coe, the choreographer was Malcolm Clare and costumes and scenery were by Sean Kenny. The original cast featured Ron Moody equally Fagin, Georgia Brownish every bit Nancy, and Barry Humphries in the supporting role of Mr. Sowerberry, the undertaker. Keith Hamshere (the original Oliver) is now a Hollywood still photographer; Martin Horsey (the original Artful Dodger) worked as an thespian/director and authored the play L'Chaim.[ citation needed ] Other boys alternated in the juvenile leads, including Phil Collins, Leonard Whiting and Davy Jones every bit the Artful Dodger. The bandage also included Tony Robinson as 1 of the Workhouse boys/Fagin's Gang, and John Bluthal (subsequently famous as The Vicar of Dibley'south Frank Pickle) equally Fagin. One-time professional boxer Danny Sewell (brother of boob tube player George Sewell) was the original Bill Sikes, and remained in the role (including the original Broadway and The states touring productions) for almost six years. Danny Sewell'south chief competitor at audition for the office of Sikes was Michael Caine, who subsequently stated he "cried for a week" subsequently failing to secure the role. Steve Marriott, afterward a famous stone singer with the Modest Faces and Humble Pie, played workhouse boys including The Artful Dodger, and he is featured on the original soundtrack LP. Michael Cashman played the role of Oliver during his time in the product.[ citation needed ]
The part of Nancy was originally written for Alma Cogan who, despite being unable to commit to the production, steered a great many producers to invest in it.[ commendation needed ] Sid James turned down the part of Fagin as the timing of the production coincided with his own attempts to move away from the shady and roguish roles for which he was well known.[seven]
U.Southward. previews [edit]
In the U.Southward., the musical previewed get-go in Los Angeles with Edwin Lester'southward 50.A (and San Francisco) Civic Light Opera Clan, as a 1962 national tour. The Sean Kenny sets were duplicated. The sets built in London were shipped past sea and delivered to the Port of San Pedro, with the bodily stage brick wall London landscape painted as a scenic bankroll. Sean Kenny'due south design concept eliminated a business firm curtain, exposing the turntable stage set up, the open up lighting pipes rigged with lamp fixtures, electric cables, and an open up loft to the arriving audience. The turntable, breathtaking ready and elements duplicated the original garish stylistic "forest grained" painted cease. With lighting, the ready was intended to take on each specific colour mood and change atmosphere. Edwin Lester hated the set's paint chore, ordering his scenic shop manager Phil Raiguel to send breathtaking artists to glaze downwardly the red, greenish, blueish, yellow, orangish grain end. During the company'southward rehearsal prior to that evening's 8:00 p.m. premiere audience, the 2 scenic artists (Wally Reid and Hub Braden) glazed over the scenery while the cast rehearsed on the turntable stair platform and bridge units. The scenic artists continued painting/glazing while the bandage took their meal suspension prior to the overture. Equally the audience was seated, the open-to-view stage set painting connected, with the two scenic artists withal painting and glazing as the musical was performed; continuing during the intermission, through the second act performance, and taking curtain calls with the company. Remaining on phase afterwards, the 2 continued their glazing throughout the nighttime, finishing the set's repainting the following day at noon. Reviews noted that the stage management included "ii London firm painters" temper performance, later questioning where and why the firm painters had been eliminated later the show's opening night.
Original Broadway product [edit]
David Merrick brought Oliver! to the Broadway stage, where it premiered at the Regal Theatre on January six, 1963. It closed on Nov 14, 1964, afterward 774 performances.[8] The cast featured child actor Bruce Prochnik in the title function alongside Georgia Brown and Barry Humphries, reprising their Due west End part as Nancy and Mr. Sowerberry, respectively, and Clive Revill as Fagin, replacing Ron Moody. The national tour and bandage recording featured Michael Goodman every bit The Aesthetic Dodger, only on Broadway the function was played by time to come Monkee Davy Jones, some other veteran of the London production. The Broadway product was a disquisitional success and received ten Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical, Best Actor in a Musical, All-time Actress in a Musical and Best Featured Actor in a Musical. It won the awards for Best Scenic Design, All-time Original Score and Best Music Direction. The Broadway production was revived soon later the original production closed. The revival opened in 1965 and was directed by Peter Coe. It ran at the Martin Beck Theatre for 64 performances, featuring Victor Stiles as Oliver, Robin Ramsay as Fagin, Maura K. Wedge as Nancy, Joey Baio equally The Artful Dodger, Dominic Chianese equally Mr. Sowerberry, Alan Crofoot as Mr. Bumble, Danny Sewell every bit Nib Sikes, Bram Nossen as Mr. Brownlow, and Dodi Protero as Mrs. Bedwin.
Georgia Brown, Davy Jones, Ronnie Kroll, Joan Lombardo, and Robin Ramsay appeared performing two musical numbers from Oliver! ("I'd Do Anything" and the Act II reprise of "As Long every bit He Needs Me") on The Ed Sullivan Show on the evening of February 9, 1964, the same evening that the Beatles made their first U.S. boob tube appearance on that show.[9] [10]
1977 London revival [edit]
Cameron Mackintosh revived Oliver! in London for the kickoff time in 1977. It played at the Albery Theatre (the renamed New Theatre; now the Noël Coward Theatre), starring Roy Hudd as Fagin (later replaced by Roy Dotrice and then George Layton[eleven]), and ran for over two years. This production was totally faithful to the 1960 original version, using Sean Kenny's set. Indeed, the original production'southward sepia background painted on the rear stage wall was still extant.
1983 London and Broadway revivals [edit]
Mackintosh was asked to revive the show yet again in 1983 for a limited five-week Christmas flavour at the Aldwych Theatre, directed by Peter Coe. Ron Moody returned equally Fagin, with Jackie Marks every bit Nancy, Linal Haft as Nib Sikes, Meg Johnson every bit Mrs Corney, Peter Bayliss as Mr. Bumble, and Geoffrey Toone as Mr Brownlow. Oliver was played past Anthony Pearson and the Aesthetic Dodger by David Garlick. The original Sean Kenny sets were used. The last professional production to use Sean Kenny's original stage design was at the Queen'due south Theatre, Hornchurch, Essex, in 1986. This production starred Victor Spinetti as Fagin.
The 1983 London revival of Oliver! transferred to Broadway in 1984. It opened at The Marker Hellinger Theatre and ran from April 29, 1984 through May thirteen, 1984, for 17 performances and 13 previews. Ron Moody reprised the role of Fagin and Patti LuPone played Nancy. David Garlick reprised his Westward Cease performance equally The Artful Dodger, the showtime British youngster to appear on Broadway since Davy Jones, creating the Disinterestedness Exchange Program in the procedure. The original creative staff were used for this production, including manager Peter Coe. For this production, the song "I Shall Scream" was eliminated.
LuPone, in her memoirs, said that the production should accept run longer, noting that this product utilized the original sets, costumes, blocking (staging), and direction, and commented: "Hmm...maybe 'that' was the problem".[12] Moody was nominated for a Tony Award despite the short run. The show only received one negative review; it was from Frank Rich of The New York Times who called the production "likely to hold the attention of only the youngest and most obedient children" and "just dull."[13] It prompted one of the chief backers to pull out. The positive reviews were quoted in the ad for the show, including a Clive Barnes quote: "Oliver! is glorious food for Broadway".[fourteen]
LuPone had asked the evidence's Musical Manager to modify her keys because they were too depression for her, simply was told she could non. She wrote that she "had major battles with the musical director", one concerning the term "vamp"; "he never waited for me to end my dialogue."[12]
1994 London revival [edit]
Cameron Mackintosh produced some other revival of the show which opened at the London Palladium in the West Finish on 8 December 1994. The production team included a young Sam Mendes as manager, with Anthony Ward as designer, Matthew Bourne as choreographer, Martin Koch equally music supervisor and William David Brohn equally orchestrator. The bandage included Jonathan Pryce (afterwards much persuasion) every bit Fagin, Emerge Dexter every bit Nancy, Miles Anderson as Bill Sikes, James Villiers as Mr. Brownlow, James Saxon every bit Mr. Bumble, Jenny Galloway as Widow Corney, David Delve as Mr. Sowerberry and Julia Deakin as Mrs. Sowerberry. The function of Oliver was played by numerous child actors during the run of iv years, including Gregory Bradley, Ben Reynolds, Jon Lee, Steven Webb, James Bourne, James Rowntree and Tom Fletcher, while the Aesthetic Dodger was played by Adam Searles and others including Matt Johnson, Paul Bailey and Bronson Webb. The function of Bet was played past Danielle McCormack, Rosalind James, Francesca Jackson and Lindsey Fawcett.[fifteen] The musical closed on 21 February 1998.[16] The role of Fagin was afterwards played by many notable British actors and comedians including George Layton, Russ Abbot, Jim Dale and Robert Lindsay (who won an Olivier Award for his performance in 1997). Bill Sikes was later on portrayed by Steven Hartley and Joe McGann, and Nancy past Sonia Swaby, Claire Moore and Ruthie Henshall.
The testify was a lavish affair and moved from its original intimate melodramatic feel to a more cinematic and symphonic feel that would accommodate an audition familiar with the 1968 move moving picture. This production featured brand new music and lyrics written past Lionel Bart, and likewise additional dialogue not featured in the original script, added by Bart and Sam Mendes. Other updated elements include the add-on of a prologue, in which the audition is witness to Oliver's harrowing nativity. The dialogue was homage to both the 1948 and 1968 film versions of the story which were in turn based on the original novel. New music arrangements and trip the light fantastic toe sequences were added to various songs, most notably "Consider Yourself" and "Who Will Buy?". Tempos for some of the musical numbers were contradistinct (notably "It's a Fine Life", "I'd Do Anything" and "You lot've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"), while other incidental numbers were drastically rewritten, including the London Bridge chase sequence. A new intermediate scene was added just subsequently "Yous've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two", in which Bill Sikes enters the Thieves' Kitchen and "negotiates" with Fagin.[ citation needed ]
2009 London revival [edit]
A product heavily based upon the 1994 Palladium product opened in London's West Finish on xiv January 2009. Produced once again past Cameron Mackintosh, this revival was directed by Shakespeare expert Rupert Goold and choreographed/co-directed past Matthew Bourne. Anthony Ward repeated his acclaimed scenic and costume designs while William David Brohn joined the squad as orchestrator, revising some of the musical arrangements. The new production opened to rave reviews at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, receiving positive feedback from critics throughout London.[ commendation needed ] Designer Anthony Ward created a new asphalt effect for the entire stage while the orchestrations were expanded with new dance arrangements given to "Consider Yourself" and "Who Will Buy?" besides as new curtain call/exit music. The prologue from the Palladium production was removed, and the prove at present opens as it originally did in 1960, with the workhouse children entering, singing "Nutrient, Glorious Food".
British comedian Rowan Atkinson played Fagin. He had played the role in a school production but had turned information technology downward in the Palladium revival. Burn Gorman played Neb Sikes, making his W End musical debut. 3 actors shared the office of Oliver: Harry Stott, Laurence Jeffcoate and Gwion Wyn Jones. Robert Madge, Ross McCormack, Eric Dibb Fuller and Jack Glister played The Artful Dodger. Jodie Prenger won the role of Nancy, shared with Australian Tamsin Carroll, who played two performances each week. Sarah Lark, a runner-up on "I'd do Annihilation" understudied the role. Royal Shakespeare Company actor Julian Glover played Mr. Brownlow with Julian Bleach as Mr. Sowerberry/Dr. Grimwig, Louise Gold equally Mrs. Sowerberry, Julius D'Silva every bit Mr. Bumble and Wendy Ferguson as Widow Corney. The revival was nominated for iii 2010 Olivier Awards: Best Revival of a Musical, Best Histrion in a Musical (Atkinson) and All-time Theatre Choreography, but failed to win any. Later the departure of the original Olivers, the function was passed on to Zac Hurst, Fanncesco Piancentini-Smith, Edward Cooke, Edward Holtom and Ethan Smith. Edward Holtom fabricated a sad departure, one month before his scheduled get out and the date on his contract expired. No reason was given for this.
When Rowan Atkinson fell ill in Apr 2009, Russ Abbot stepped in to play the role temporarily.[17] Abbot had starred in the 1997 Palladium run. In July 2009, British comedian Omid Djalili replaced Atkinson every bit Fagin,[xviii] receiving positive reviews. In December 2009, Griff Rhys Jones took over as Fagin, with Steven Hartley as Bill Sikes.[nineteen] Hartley had played Sikes in the 1997 Palladium product. In March 2010, Kerry Ellis took over the role of Nancy, too receiving positive reviews.[20] At the aforementioned time, Bleach, D'Silva and Ferguson were replaced past Jason Morell, Christian Patterson and Claire Machin, respectively. In June 2010, Russ Abbot once more took over every bit Fagin. Stephen Moore was a replacement for Mr. Brownlow. Ron Moody, the original Fagin, joined the cast at the end of the performance on xiv June 2010, in celebration of the show's 50th Anniversary. Griff Rhys Jones returned every bit Fagin in December 2010.
The product closed on 8 January 2011, to be replaced at the theatre by the original London production of Shrek The Musical.[21]
2011 UK Bout [edit]
Subsequently the 2009 revival closed in January 2011, Cameron Mackintosh announced that a new production with a new set and direction by Laurence Connor would embark on a 13-month UK and Ireland tour starting time at the Wales Millennium Center, Cardiff in December 2011 and ending Feb 2013 at the Bristol Hippodrome. The tour was announced to star Neil Morrissey and Brian Conley as Fagin and Samantha Barks (who came third in the BBC reality prove I'd Exercise Annihilation, which was won by Jodie Prenger to exist cast in the 2009 revival as Nancy) every bit Nancy. Morrisey played Fagin while Conley was starring in a pantomime at the Birmingham Hippodrome, and left the production during the Birmingham run in Apr. He returned in October at the Newcastle Theatre Royal when Conley left to appear in I'yard A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Hither! and another pantomime in Birmingham.
In Jan 2012, Mackintosh fabricated a surprise advent at the drapery call of a performance to denote that Barks had been cast as Eponine in the movie adaptation of Les Misérables, causing her to leave the tour on 1 Apr in Birmingham, existence replaced by Cat Simmons. Barks later returned for the concluding two weeks of the Edinburgh Playhouse run in June before returning with Morrissey. She once once again left the production early on to perform at the 2013 Oscars.
International productions [edit]
In 1963, Dutch musician Seth Gaaikema translated the musical into Dutch.
In 1968, Oliver was taken to Nippon, by the Japanese pic company Toho Productions. "Consider Yourself" was translated into Japanese. Directed by Geoffrey Ferris who had worked on the U.k. production. Australian histrion Robin Ramsay played Fagin. Most of the bandage were British including Ian Calvin, along with 2 London original Workhouse boys, Ray Millross and Terry Latham. The rest of the workhouse boys were American.
In 1983, a new product of Oliver was the offset musical produced by Philadelphia'due south Walnut Street Theatre as role of its inaugural season equally a self-producing theatre.
The Australian bout was a successful trip through Sydney, Melbourne, and Singapore from 2002 to 2004. The show, which mirrored Sam Mendes' production, was recreated by Graham Gill. John Waters played Fagin, Tamsin Carroll was Nancy, and the production as well featured Stuart Wagstaff, Steve Bastoni and Madison Orr and Keegan Joyce in the championship role, which was rotated between the two. The function of the Artful Dodger was shared betwixt Mathew Waters and Tim Matthews, with Waters performing on the opening nighttime. Waters declined the bout after the Sydney production to appear in the Hollywood film Peter Pan.
A Northward American tour began in 2003, produced by Cameron Mackintosh and Networks. Information technology ran till March 2005 and played most major theatrical venues in the U.Due south. and one in Canada. The show was directed past the London team which managed the Sam Mendes version in London and the Australian bout, with Graham Gill equally director.[22] The cast included Mark McCracken as Fagin, Renata Renee Wilson as Nancy, and Justin S. Pereira Oliver Twist.[23] In October 2008 Columbia Artists Theatricals mounted a new N American National bout directed by Clayton Philips. The production toured until March 2009.
The showtime Estonian product of the evidence was presented in the early on 1990s in Tartu. A revival ran in November–December 2003 with Aivar Tommingas every bit Fagin and Evelin Samuel as Nancy. The musical was performed also twice in Israel in 1966 and 2008 starring Shraga Fridman and Rivka Raz in the outset production and Sasson Gabai and Ania Bukshtein in the second. In Dec 2010 a Dutch language version of the musical opened in Gent, Belgium, to exist transferred at the end of the aforementioned calendar month to Antwerp. In 2011 a Syrian production is to exist performed at the Damascus Opera. In 2012 a new production was staged by Popular Productions in Dubai, UAE (First Grouping Theatre). It starred Philip Cox every bit Fagin and Lucy Hunter-James equally Nancy.
Principal characters [edit]
- Oliver Twist, the main graphic symbol of the story. He is a lonely orphan boy born in the workhouse who asks for more gruel.
- Fagin, a conniving career criminal, takes in homeless boys and teaches them to pick pockets for him.
- Nancy, Neb Sikes's partner. She takes a liking to Oliver and treats him and the pickpockets like her own children, but is eventually murdered for the steps she takes on Oliver's behalf.
- Mr. Brownlow, Oliver's grandfather, a kind man of wealth and breeding.
- Beak Sikes, Nancy's brutal and calumniating partner, a infiltrator and her eventual murderer. 1 of Fagin's former successful pickpockets.
- Mr. Bumble, the pompous beadle of the workhouse in which Oliver was built-in.
- The Artful Dodger, the cleverest of Fagin's pickpockets, he introduces Fagin to Oliver. He is shown to be very close with Nancy.
- Bet, Nancy's best friend. She is sometimes depicted as her sis.
- Charley Bates, Dodger's friend and thief who is part of Fagin's gang. In the end of the book, he decides to alter his morals and finish thieving.
- Mr. and Mrs. Sowerberry, the insensitive couple who take in Oliver and employ him in their funeral business.
- Widow Corney, the matron of the workhouse where Oliver was born, after marries Mr. Bumble.
- Charlotte Sowerberry, the rude and often flirtatious daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sowerberry. She enjoys a flirtatious relationship with Noah Claypole
- Noah Claypole, The Sowerberrys' apprentice, he bullies Oliver about his mother and enjoys a flirtatious relationship with Charlotte.
- Dr. Grimwig, foppish doctor and friend of Mr. Brownlow. He assesses Oliver's condition at the start of Act II, deeming him fit to get exterior.
- Mrs. Bedwin, firm-retainer to Mr. Brownlow and carer of Oliver.
- Onetime Emerge, nurse at Oliver'due south birth. Old Sally steals Agnes's (Oliver'south female parent's) gold locket which is the only clue to Oliver'due south identity. Earlier she dies, she gives the locket to Mr. Bumble and Mrs. Corney.
Motion picture adaptations [edit]
In 1968, the testify was adjusted for picture, with a screenplay by Vernon Harris and direction by Carol Reed. It starred original Fagin Ron Moody with Jack Wild, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Mark Lester, Harry Secombe and Leonard Rossiter. The 1968 motion motion picture won six Academy Awards including All-time Film, and received nominations for both Moody and Wild. Information technology was beginning telecast in the Usa by ABC-Television receiver in 1975. The motion-picture show went to cable in the Us in 1982, and information technology is still regularly broadcast.
On March 1, 2013, a planned remake of Oliver! was announced. It was originally aiming for a 2016 release. Cameron Mackintosh, the producer of the pic version of the musical Les Misérables was announced as producer, and potential talent included Les Misérables' Samantha Barks, who played Nancy on the 2011-2013 Great britain Tour, repeating her function and Stephen Daldry as the director.[24]
Recordings [edit]
The score of Oliver! has been recorded numerous times. There are cast recordings (on meaty disc) available for the original 1960 and 1963 productions also equally the 1968 motion picture and the 1994 and 2009 London revivals. The 2009 London cast anthology was recorded live on opening dark.
At that place are several studio bandage recordings of the show including one with Stanley Holloway and Alma Cogan and another with Josephine Barstow and Julian Forsyth. A new version with Julian Forsyth was issued recently, and Sally Ann Triplett replacing Barstow.
Phase casts [edit]
The following table gives the master casting information for the major productions (both original and revival) of Oliver!.
| Productions | Fagin | Nancy | Bill Sikes | Oliver Twist | The Artful Dodger |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 original London | Ron Moody | Georgia Brown | Danny Sewell | Keith Hamshere | Martin Horsey |
| 1961 original Commonwealth of australia | Johnny Lockwood | Sheila Bradley | John Proverb | Malcolm Shield | Andrew Order |
| 1963 original Broadway | Clive Revill | Georgia Chocolate-brown | Danny Sewell | Bruce Prochnik | Davy Jones |
| 1968 flick | Ron Moody | Shani Wallis | Oliver Reed | Mark Lester | Jack Wild |
| 1983 London revival | Jackie Marks | Linal Haft | Anthony Pearson | David Garlick | |
| 1984 Broadway revival | Patti LuPone | Graeme Campbell | Braden Danner | ||
| 1994 London revival | Jonathan Pryce | Sally Dexter | Miles Anderson | James Daley and Gregory Bradley[25] | Adam Searles and Paul Bailey[25] |
| 2009 London revival | Rowan Atkinson | Jodie Prenger | Burn Gorman | Tom Rogers Gwion Wyn Jones Laurence Jeffcoate Harry Stott | Ethan Williams Jack Glister Ross McCormack Eric Dibb Fuller Robert Madge[26] |
| 2011 Great britain bout revival | Brian Conley Neil Morrissey | Cat Simmons Samantha Barks | Iain Fletcher | Harry Polden Sebastian Croft Joseph Bennett and Gwion Wyn Jones | Joseph Potter Volition Edden Max Griesbach Archie Spud Daniel Huttlestone |
Annotation Gwion Wyn Jones went on to perform on the Oliver! UK tour in Cardiff and Manchester, until he grew out of the part in February 2012.
Awards and nominations [edit]
Original Broadway product [edit]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Tony Honour | All-time Musical | Nominated | |
| Best Functioning past a Leading Thespian in a Musical | Clive Revill | Nominated | ||
| Best Performance by a Leading Extra in a Musical | Georgia Brown | Nominated | ||
| All-time Performance past a Featured Role player in a Musical | David Jones | Nominated | ||
| All-time Author of a Musical | Lionel Bart | Nominated | ||
| All-time Original Score | Lionel Bart | Won | ||
| Best Producer of a Musical | David Merrick and Donald Albery | Nominated | ||
| All-time Direction of a Musical | Peter Coe | Nominated | ||
| All-time Conductor and Musical Director | Don Pippin | Won | ||
| Best Scenic Design | Sean Kenny | Won | ||
1984 Broadway revival [edit]
| Year | Honor | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Tony Laurels | Best Operation by a Leading Player in a Musical | Ron Moody | Nominated |
1994 London revival [edit]
| Yr | Award | Category | Nominee | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Laurence Olivier Award | Best Musical Revival | Nominated | |
| Best Director | Sam Mendes | Nominated | ||
| Best Role player in a Musical | Jonathan Pryce | Nominated | ||
| Best Actress in a Musical | Sally Dexter | Nominated | ||
| 1997 | Best Player in a Musical | Robert Lindsay | Won | |
2009 London revival [edit]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Laurence Olivier Honour | Best Musical Revival | Nominated | |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Rowan Atkinson | Nominated | ||
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Matthew Bourne | Nominated | ||
| WhatsOnStage Awards | Best Musical Revival | Won | ||
| All-time Actor in a Musical | Rowan Atkinson | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Histrion in a Musical | Burn Gorman | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Musical | Jodie Prenger | Won | ||
| All-time Takeover in a Office | Omid Djalili | Nominated | ||
2009 Teatr Rozrywki w Chorzowie [edit]
| Yr | Award | Category | Nominee | Upshot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Gold Mask | Gilt mask for directing | Magdalena Piekorz | Nominated |
| Gold Mask for the role of Nancy | Marta Florek | Nominated | ||
| Gold Mask For scenography | Marcel Sławiński & Katarzyna Sobańska | Won |
Sequel [edit]
Dodger!, a sequel to Lionel Bart's Oliver! was composed past Andrew Fletcher with the book and lyrics written by David Lambert. It is set 7 years subsequently the events in the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens where the Artful Dodger has been sentenced to an Australian penal colony and has a romantic involvement with the grapheme Bet.[27]
Ownership [edit]
When Lionel Bart faced astringent financial difficulties several years later, he sold his by and future rights to Oliver! to the entertainer Max Bygraves for £350. Bygraves later sold them on for £250,000.[28]
Run across as well [edit]
- August Rush
References and notes [edit]
- ^ "West Cease rules force 'Oliver' off school phase". The Independent . Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Oliver!: The real story of Britain'due south greatest musical". The Independent. 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Royal Mail musicals stamps set to rock yous!". Majestic Mail group. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ John Glavin, ed. (2017). Dickens Adapted. Taylor & Francis. ISBN978-1351944564.
- ^ "'Oliver!' listing" guidetomusicaltheatre.com
- ^ "West End 'Oliver' Had Tape Run". Variety. fourteen September 1966. p. 1.
- ^ Ross, Robert (2009). Sid James – The Authorised Biography. JR Books. p. 87. ISBN978-1-906779-35-1.
- ^ Oliver! at the Cyberspace Broadway Database First Broadway product
- ^ The Ed Sullivan Show Episode #17.19, 9 February 1964 at IMDb
- ^ Masterworks Broadway
- ^ "Role player George Layton and popular vocalist Helen Shapiro who are co-starring..." Getty Images . Retrieved 2019-07-27 .
- ^ a b LuPone, Patti. "Chapter: A Working Actor, Part i", Patti LuPone: A Memoir, Random Firm, Inc., 2010, ISBN 0-307-46073-8, pp. 154–155
- ^ Rich, Frank. "Review Moody in Oliver! Revival", The New York Times, April 30, 1984, p. C11
- ^ "Ad for Oliver!", The New York Times, May 13, 1984, p. A13
- ^ Wolf, Matt. "Review: Oliver!", Multifariousness, December 12, 1994
- ^ "Oliver! listing, 1994–1998" thisistheatre.com, retrieved May 28, 2010
- ^ Shenton, Mark. "Stepping in for Ailing Atkinson, Abbot Will Play Fagin in London Oliver!" Archived 2011-12-28 at the Wayback Car, Playbill, Apr three, 2009
- ^ Shenton, Marking. "Djalili Succeeds Atkinson as Fagin in London's Oliver! Beginning July 20" Archived 2011-12-28 at the Wayback Machine. Playbill, July 20, 2009
- ^ Paddock, Terri. "Griff Rhys Jones Takes Over Oliver! 'due south Fagin, 14 Dec". whatsonstage.com, December 14, 2009
- ^ Kerry Ellis Gives Oliver! New Oom-pah-pah" Archived 2010-04-06 at the Wayback Machine. Whatsonstage.com, March 30, 2010
- ^ Shrek The Musical to Open at Theatre Purple, Drury Lane in May 2011, Playbill
- ^ Jones, Kenneth."Nearly NYC: Mackintosh's Oliver! Bout Plays Newark'southward Prudential Hall March 30-Apr 4" (partial reference), Playbill, March 30, 2004
- ^ Jones, Kenneth."Non-Equity Oliver!, Inspired past Mackintosh Revisal in London, Starts U.S. Tour Nov. xi" Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Car, Playbill, Nov 11, 2003
- ^ "Will Les Miz Film Star Samantha Barks Make Her Broadway Debut in Oliver? | Broadway Buzz". Broadway.com. 2013-03-01. Retrieved 2013-05-26 .
- ^ a b https://world wide web.broadwayworld.com/shows/cast.php?showid=6368)[ blank URL ]
- ^ Shenton, Mark. "London Revival of Oliver!, Featuring Reality Tv Star Prenger, Begins Previews Dec. thirteen", Playbill. December xiii, 2008. Accessed March 25, 2012.
- ^ "BBC Norfolk review of Dodger!". Bbc.co.uk. 2007-08-04. Retrieved 2013-05-26 .
- ^ "Max Bygraves – Obituaries". The Phase . Retrieved 2013-05-26 .
External links [edit]
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- Oliver! The Musical official site
- Internet Broadway Database listing for all Broadway productions
- Oliver! plot and production information, guidetomusicaltheatre
- Theatre Regal Drury Lane London
- justjohn productions taking Oliver! to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2009
- Study notes can be plant at the National Arts Centre (Canada)
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver!
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