Brilliant. Saw it in Chichester and in London. Well done to Louise Gold (Mazeppa), Julie Legrand (Electra) and Anita Louise Combe (Tessie Tura) and Lara Pulver as Louise.
Who was the in costume fagin here . Sounds like Russ Abbott. One of my favourite theatre actors , Jim Dale, also played Fagin buy theres no one to touch Ron Moody .
The only certainty life offers is change. Except I think Peter Pan had it right. None of the Billy’s should ever have been allowed to grow up. Nor the musical to cease production.
What a Legend!!! I first saw Oliver at The New Theatre in Oxford in the 60s. It still brings goosebumps, and a tear to the eye. Ron Moody was a true legend of British/World stage.
Cast; - Gwion Wyn Jones (Oliver) - Ben Wilson (Dodger) Fagin’s gang: - Jack Costello (Nipper) - Jamie McNicolas (red coat) - Nathan Fernard (brimmed hat), - Tommy Saint (blonde curly hair with blue shirt under robes) - Zack Morris (purple hat) - Myles Westman (green coat, white hat) - Lewis smith (red coat, long white hat) - Gianni Cantone (black and white bandana) - Joseph Mitchell (Patchwork coat) - Harley Speed ? (blue coat) I think it was Myles not Blaze but Blaze often covered for this team!!
Omid Djalili was an brilliant Fagin (following Rowan Atkinson) and he is hardly the quintessential Englishman so that's hard to level (in 2011); and I am sure the kids casting was colour blind. As for Dickens's depiction of the rampant government racism in King William IV's England, especially against banking Jews (Fagin), you can look that up yourself.
@@viking670 no. They just said there was no need to bring it up. Why shouldn’t we cast a diverse group if the world is diverse? The way some people think just to make an empty point, just astounds me
Agreed. This is what happened before here. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-B9SHSIuiJc8.html also years later ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WyTon8rAm0U.html
