Oliver

A pantomime version of the classic Dickens tale – Oliver Twist

CAST
(23 speaking parts)
Oliver Twist. – Main character – lots of scenes and lines. Sings one song
Harlequin Clown – Lots of rhyming couplets to introduce scenes
Mr Bumble – Beadle at the orphanage – a few lines in two scenes
Matron – Important Dame character – lots of lines – one comic song
Mr Sowerberry – Undertaker – A few lines in two scenes
Mrs Sowerberry – Lots of lines. Comic character in scenes with Matron
Artful Dodger – Young pickpocket -Important character in lots of scenes
Fagin – Important character in lots of scenes
Chairman of the Workhouse – Cameo part in one scene
Mr. Brownlow – Important character who rescues Oliver and adopts him
Mrs Brownlow – Wife – a few lines
Nancy – Bill Sykes girlfriend – Important character in several scenes – two songs
Bill Sykes – Important baddie. Lots of lines
Pete the poacher – One scene cameo part
Cyril Monks a wicked uncle. Important baddie – in three scenes
Pub customer Bill – cameo part in one scene
Pub customer Harry- cameo part in one scene
Child 1,2,3,4 in orphanage and Fagin’s den – In the orphanage and Fagin’s den
Very young Child in orphanage – Three lines
Matron’s Assistant in orphanage – one comic scene. Sings a lullaby
Other children in Fagin’s Den and orphanage Not speaking parts
Maid in the Brownlow house One scene cameo role – a few lines
Passers-by – street people having pockets pinched and/or carrying sandwich board ,
Constable(s) Non-speaking parts