OLIVER TWIST -Dramascripts

The story of the orphan boy kept on starvation rations in a parish workhouse, and who dares to ask for more. Escaping to London, Oliver falls into the clutches of Fagin, the murderous Bill Sikes and a gang of young thieves led by the irrepressible Artful Dodger. The play ends in the condemned cell - not for the faint-hearted! Extracts from Dickens' original create opportunities for comparative study of the novel and the play.