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Redirected page to Oliver Twist

Satj: /* The original text */

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The original text

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Performance history in South Africa

Miriamt at 07:16, 23 October 2015

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The original text

Johann van Heerden at 05:12, 28 August 2015

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Johann van Heerden at 05:04, 28 August 2015

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Johann van Heerden at 05:04, 28 August 2015

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−	'''''Oliver!''''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver!] is a 1960 British musical, with music and lyrics by writer and composer Lionel Bart (1930-1999) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Bart]. It first opened in the New Theatre in London in 1960.	+	#REDIRECT [[Oliver Twist]]
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−	~~== The original text ==~~
−	~~Based on ''~~[[Oliver Twist]]'', or ''The Parish Boy's Progress'', the second novel by English writer Charles Dickens (1812-1870) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens]. The story is of the orphan Oliver Twist, who starts his life in a workhouse and is then apprenticed with an undertaker. He escapes from there and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets, which is led by the elderly criminal Fagin (''Wikipedia'') [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Twist].
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−	~~==Translations and adaptations==~~
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−	~~== Performance history in South Africa ==~~
−	1962: Staged by the [[Brian Brooke Company]] at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in February, directed by [[Brian Brooke\|Brooke]], with [[Christopher Voysey]] (Oliver), [[Kenneth Baker]] (Mr Bumble), [[Marjorie McConvill]] (Mrs Corney), [[Joey Wishnia]] (Mr Sowerberry), [[Eileen Lawless]] (Mrs Sowerberry & Mrs Bedwin), [[Jo-Ann Pezarro]] (Charlotte), [[Aubrey Ellis]] (Noah Claypole), [[Howard Sacks]] (Artful Dodger), [[Arne Gordon]] (Fagin), [[Judy Layne]] (Nancy), [[Wanda Renirie]] (Bet), Ivor van Rensburg (Bill Sikes), Gilyan Francesco (Mr Brownlow), Tini Walker (Old Sally) and others. Musical direction by [[Bill Walker]]. Some roles were played by other actors when the production subsequently went on tour, like the role of Oliver was played by [[Roy Quinn]] and also by [[Jeremy Fogg]].
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−	June 22, 1971: Presented by the [[Grey Junior School]] in association with The [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]]. Directed and designed by [[Helen Mann]] with Musical Director [[Robert Selley]], Chorus Master [[Wilhelm van der Nest]] and starring [[Terrence Scarr]] as Oliver Twist, with [[Harry Owen]] (Mr Bumble), [[Edith Porter]] (Mrs Corney), [[Sandy Nicholls]] (Old Sally), [[Philip Godawa]], [[Leslie Speyers]] and [[Andrew Leitch]] the servants at the Workhouse, [[Trevor Hicks]] (Mr Sowberry), [[Joan Sneesby]] (Mrs Sowberry), [[Carol Owen]] (Charlotte), [[Ronald Hicks]] (Noah Claypole), at the Undertaker's, [[Roy Williams]] (Fagin), [[Barry Meyer]] (The Artful Dodger), [[Ann Fincham]] (Nancy), [[Jenny Bach]] (Bet), [[Jeremy Baylis]] (Bill Sykes), [[Bunty Richards]] (Bullseye), at the Thieves Kitchen, and [[Reg Hicks]] (Mr Brownlow), [[Alfred Porter]] (Dr Grimwig), and [[Elizabeth Shires]] (Mrs Bedwin).
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−	~~1978: Directed by British director [[Geoffrey Ferris]] for [[PACT]] in Johannesburg.~~
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−	1985-6: Presented by the [[Baxter Theatre]] starring [[Henry Goodman]] as Fagin and [[Marilyn Bennett]] as Nancy, with [[Peter Krummeck]], [[Joey Wishnia]], [[Aubrey Ellis]], [[Brenda Wood]], [[Lionel Newton]], [[Don Maguire]] and others, opening 7 December 1985. Direction and design by [[Michael Burke]], musical direction by [[Peter McLea]].
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−	1994: Presented by the [[Playhouse Company]] opening 9 December at the [[Natal Playhouse]] directed by [[Murray McGibbon]]. Musical direction was by [[Lykele Temmingh]], choreography by [[Mark Hawkins]], set design by [[Rod Smith]], costume design by [[Neil Stuart-Harris]], lighting design by [[Joe Freedman]]. Stage manager [[Pam Eales]]. The large cast included [[Clive Scott]], [[Brenda Radloff]] and [[Jamie Bartlett]].
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−	~~== Sources ==~~
−	~~[[Brian Brooke Company]] theatre programme (undated).~~
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−	~~''Oliver!'' theatre programme, Baxter Theatre 1985.~~
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−	~~''Playhouse Parade'' Dec 1994-January 1995.~~
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−	~~[[Petru Wessels\|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.~~
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−	~~Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]~~
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 == The original text ==
-Based on ''Oliver Twist'', or ''The Parish Boy's Progress'', the second novel by English writer Charles Dickens (1812-1870) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens]. The story is of the orphan Oliver Twist, who starts his life in a workhouse and is then apprenticed with an undertaker. He escapes from there and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets, which is led by the elderly criminal Fagin (''Wikipedia'') [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Twist].
+Based on ''[[Oliver Twist]]'', or ''The Parish Boy's Progress'', the second novel by English writer Charles Dickens (1812-1870) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens]. The story is of the orphan Oliver Twist, who starts his life in a workhouse and is then apprenticed with an undertaker. He escapes from there and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets, which is led by the elderly criminal Fagin (''Wikipedia'') [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Twist].
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
 : Staged by the [[Brian Brooke Company]] at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in February, directed by [[Brian Brooke|Brooke]], with [[Christopher Voysey]] (Oliver), [[Kenneth Baker]] (Mr Bumble), [[Marjorie McConvill]] (Mrs Corney), [[Joey Wishnia]] (Mr Sowerberry), [[Eileen Lawless]] (Mrs Sowerberry & Mrs Bedwin), [[Jo-Ann Pezarro]] (Charlotte), [[Aubrey Ellis]] (Noah Claypole), [[Howard Sacks]] (Artful Dodger), [[Arne Gordon]] (Fagin), [[Judy Layne]] (Nancy), [[Wanda Renirie]] (Bet), Ivor van Rensburg (Bill Sikes), Gilyan Francesco (Mr Brownlow), Tini Walker (Old Sally) and others. Musical direction by [[Bill Walker]]. Some roles were played by other actors when the production subsequently went on tour, like the role of Oliver was played by [[Roy Quinn]] and also by [[Jeremy Fogg]].
 : Directed by British director [[Geoffrey Ferris]] for [[PACT]] in Johannesburg.

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 : Directed by British director [[Geoffrey Ferris]] for [[PACT]] in Johannesburg.
-: Presented by the [[Baxter Theatre]] starring [[Henry Goodman]] as Fagin and [[Marilyn Bennett]] as Nancy, with [[Peter Krummeck]], [[Joey Wishnia]], [[Aubrey Ellis]] and [[Don Maguire]]. Direction and design by [[Michael Burke]], musical direction by [[Peter McLea]].
+-6: Presented by the [[Baxter Theatre]] starring [[Henry Goodman]] as Fagin and [[Marilyn Bennett]] as Nancy, with [[Peter Krummeck]], [[Joey Wishnia]], [[Aubrey Ellis]], [[Brenda Wood]], [[Lionel Newton]], [[Don Maguire]] and others, opening 7 December 1985. Direction and design by [[Michael Burke]], musical direction by [[Peter McLea]].
 : Presented by the [[Playhouse Company]] opening 9 December at the [[Natal Playhouse]] directed by [[Murray McGibbon]]. Musical direction was by [[Lykele Temmingh]], choreography by [[Mark Hawkins]], set design by [[Rod Smith]], costume design by [[Neil Stuart-Harris]], lighting design by [[Joe Freedman]]. Stage manager [[Pam Eales]]. The large cast included [[Clive Scott]], [[Brenda Radloff]] and [[Jamie Bartlett]].
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 [[Brian Brooke Company]] theatre programme (undated).
-[[Baxter Theatre]] pamphlet.
+''Oliver!'' theatre programme, Baxter Theatre 1985.
 ''Playhouse Parade'' Dec 1994-January 1995.

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		+	[[Petru Wessels\|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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−	'''''Oliver!''''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver!] is a 1960 musical, with music and lyrics by ~~British~~ writer and composer Lionel Bart (1930-1999) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Bart]. It first opened in the New Theatre in London in 1960.	+	'''''Oliver!''''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver!] is a 1960 British musical, with music and lyrics by writer and composer Lionel Bart (1930-1999) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Bart]. It first opened in the New Theatre in London in 1960.

	== The original text ==		== The original text ==