Oliver Twist 1997
The Studio Theatre, Heath Training Centre, Halifax
July 1997
Oliver Twist, dramatised by Nigel Bryant from the novel by Charles Dickens, is the story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse to be taken in by a den of thieves. The story is peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the arch-villain Fagin, the artful Dodger, the menacing Bill Sikes and his wife Nancy.
CAST
Woman pauper - Laura
Workhouse server / Doorman / Potato seller / Pursuer - Lee
Mrs Sowerberry / Fang - Abigail
Oliver's mother / Monks - Catherine
Dead girl pauper / Old woman - Clare
Bookseller - Crystal
Pieman / Pursuer / Servant - Daniel
Old Sally - Debbie
Gentleman board member - Emily
Mr Bumble - Emma
Noah Claypole - Gareth
Young surgeon - Hannah D
Oliver Twist - Hannah K
Mr Browlnow - Holly
Doctor - Jack
Woman in street - Jasmine
Mrs Bedwin - Jenny
Surgeon / Jailer - Jessie
Man in street / Workman - Joanna S
Man pauper - Joanne E
Policeman / Jailer - Joshua
Nancy - Lucy
Mrs Mann - Lyndsey
Lay board member / Woman in street - Mary
Artful Dodger - Matthew C
Charley Bates - Matthew Wi
Workhouse boy - Matthew Wo
Fagin - Michelle
Police Officer - Natalie
Bill Sykes - Nick
Charlotte Sowerberry - Rachel
Man in street / Workman - Rebecca
Gentleman board member - Ruth
Rose Grimwig - Sarah
Mr Grimwig - Sophie
Mr Sowerberry - Theresa
Workhouse boy - Thomas
Workhouse master / Servant Toby Crackit - Tilly
Workhouse boy - Vincent
Directed by Gail Waddington & John Lambert
Costume by Jacqui Lambert
Props by Gail Waddington
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