Without his name on the credits, it would be difficult to identify the latest version of “Oliver Twist” as the work of Roman Polanski. Conventional, straightforward and very much within what used to ...

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Oliver is regaining strength. Still terrified for him, Nancy promises that she will get him back to the safety of the Brownlows'. Oliver Twist is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, ...

News Spend a Day With Eleasha Gamble, the Tattooed, Mohawked Nancy of Arena Stage's Modern-Day Oliver! Arena Stage's current production of Lionel Bart's Oliver!, the musical based on Charles Dickens' ...

Charles Dickens Oliver Twist: Melodrama. Adapted from the novel and directed by Neil Bartlett. (Through June 24. Berkeley Repertory s Roda Theatre, 2015 Addison St., Berkeley. Two hours, 20 minutes.

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with ...