Editing Oliver Twist (section)

== Film, television, radio and theatrical adaptations ==
[[File:Oliver Twist Pavilion Theatre 1838.jpg|thumb|upright|The earliest known playbill of a production of ''Oliver Twist''. [[Theatre Royal, Marylebone|Marylebone Theatre]], 1838]]

=== Film ===
* ''[[Oliver Twist (1909 film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (1909), the first adaptation of Dickens's novel, a silent film starring [[Edith Storey]] and [[Elita Proctor Otis]].
* ''[[Oliver Twist (1912 British film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (1912), a British silent film adaptation, directed by [[Thomas Bentley (director)|Thomas Bentley]].
* ''[[Oliver Twist (1912 American film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (1912), an American silent film adaptation starring [[Nat C. Goodwin]].
* ''[[Oliver Twist (1916 film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (1916), a silent film adaptation, starring [[Marie Doro]] and [[Tully Marshall]].
* ''[[Oliver Twist (1919 film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (1919), a silent Hungarian film adaptation.
* ''[[Oliver Twist (1922 film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (1922), a silent film adaptation featuring [[Lon Chaney]] and [[Jackie Coogan]].
* ''[[Oliver Twist (1933 film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (1933), the first sound production of the novel.
* ''[[Oliver Twist (1948 film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (1948), directed by [[David Lean]] and starring [[Alec Guinness]] as Fagin.
* ''[[Manik (1961 film)|Manik]]'' (1961), a Bengali film directed by Bijalibaran Sen, and starring [[Pahari Sanyal]], [[Chhabi Biswas]], [[Sombhu Mitra]] and Tripti Mitra.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chatterji |first=Souvik |year=2007 |title=Influence of Bengali Classic Literature in Bollywood films |at=Footnote 2}}</ref>
* ''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]'' (1968), a British musical adaptation, winner in the Best Picture category at the [[41st Academy Awards]].
* ''[[Oliver Twist (1974 film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (1974), an animated film co-written by [[Ben Starr (television producer)|Ben Starr]].
* ''[[Oliver Twist (1982 Australian film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (1982), an Australian animated film.
* ''[[Las Aventuras de Oliver Twist]]'' (1987), a Mexican animated film.
* ''[[Oliver & Company]]'' (1988), a Disney full-length animated feature which resets the tale to modern-day New York City, with Oliver (voiced by [[Joey Lawrence]]) portrayed as an orphaned kitten, the Dodger as a street-wise [[terrier]] mongrel (voiced by [[Billy Joel]]), and Fagin (voiced by [[Dom DeLuise]]) as a homeless tramp who lives on the docks with his pack of stray dogs that he trains to steal so he can survive and repay his debt to loan shark Sykes (voiced by [[Robert Loggia]]).<ref name=Howe1988>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/olivercompany.htm |title=Oliver & Company |newspaper=The Washington Post|date=18 November 1988 |last=Howe |first=Desson |access-date=1 March 2018 |archive-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016204203/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/olivercompany.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''[[Twisted (1996 film)|Twisted]]'' (1996), an independent film directed by [[Seth Michael Donsky]], starring [[Billy Porter (entertainer)|Billy Porter]] and [[William Hickey (actor)|William Hickey]], which sets the story to the gay underground subculture of New York City in the 1990s.
* ''[[Oliver Twist (1997 film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (1997), directed by [[Tony Bill]] and starring [[Richard Dreyfuss]] as Fagin and [[Elijah Wood]] as the Dodger.
* ''[[Twist (2003 film)|Twist]]'' (2003), an independent film loosely based on the novel, as it tells the tale not from Oliver's point of view, but from the Dodger.
* ''[[Boy Called Twist]]'' (2004), a [[South Africa]]n movie which resets the story to modern-day [[Cape Town]] and turns Fagin into an [[Ethiopians|Ethiopian]] [[Rastafari]]an.
* ''[[Oliver Twist (2005 film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (2005), directed by [[Roman Polanski]] and starring [[Barney Clark (actor)|Barney Clark]] as Oliver and [[Ben Kingsley]] as Fagin.
* ''[[Twist (2021 film)|Twist]]'' (2021), a modern-day version directed by Martin Owen, and starring [[Michael Caine]] as Fagin, with [[Lena Headey]] and [[Rita Ora]] cast as female renditions of Bill Sikes and the Dodger respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/twist-movie-saban-1203415908/ |title=Michael Caine and Lena Headey's Modern-Day 'Oliver Twist' Sells to Saban |date=25 November 2019 |access-date=26 November 2019 |archive-date=26 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126050130/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/twist-movie-saban-1203415908/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/saban-films-acquires-charles-dickens-retelling-twist-1257938 |title=Saban Films Acquires Charles Dickens Retelling 'Twist' |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=25 November 2019 |access-date=26 November 2019 |archive-date=26 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126085842/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/saban-films-acquires-charles-dickens-retelling-twist-1257938 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Television ===
* 1962: ''[[Oliver Twist (1962 TV serial)|Oliver Twist]]'', a 13-episode [[BBC]] serial directed by [[Eric Tayler]], starring [[Max Adrian]] as Fagin, [[Willoughby Goddard]] as Mr Bumble and [[Peter Vaughan]] as Bill Sikes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8c13b64c62f04d718d4c5672e7df1783 |accessdate=21 September 2021 |title=Oliver Twist: Episode 1 |publisher=BBC Programme Index |date=7 January 1962 |archive-date=26 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326044004/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8c13b64c62f04d718d4c5672e7df1783 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1980: ''The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist'', a British television series set as a sequel, with Daniel Murray as Oliver, John Fowler as The Artful Dodger and [[David Swift (actor)|David Swift]] as Fagin.<ref>{{cite book|last=Pointer|first=Michael |title=Charles Dickens on the Screen|date=17 January 1996 |page=181|publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]]|isbn=9780810829602}}</ref>
* 1982: ''[[Oliver Twist (1982 TV film)|Oliver Twist]]'', a TV movie directed by [[Clive Donner]], starring [[George C. Scott]] as Fagin and [[Tim Curry]] as Bill Sikes.
* 1985: ''[[Oliver Twist (1985 TV serial)|Oliver Twist]]'', a 12-episode [[BBC One]] drama directed by [[Gareth Davies (director)|Gareth Davies]], starring [[Eric Porter]] and [[Michael Attwell]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Oliver Twist |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00tr547 |publisher=BBC |date=25 July 2007 |access-date=13 July 2018 |archive-date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601204536/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00tr547 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1999: [[Oliver Twist (1999 TV series)|''Oliver Twist'']], an [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] drama adaptation starring [[Andy Serkis]] and [[Keira Knightley]].
* 2007: ''[[Oliver Twist (2007 TV series)|Oliver Twist]]'', a 5-episode [[BBC One]] drama directed by [[Coky Giedroyc]], starring [[Timothy Spall]], [[Julian Rhind-Tutt]], [[Edward Fox (actor)|Edward Fox]], [[Anna Massey]] and [[Tom Hardy]].<ref>{{cite web |title=All-star cast announced for BBC adaptation of Oliver Twist |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/07_july/25/oliver.shtml |publisher=BBC |date=25 July 2007 |access-date=19 July 2018 |archive-date=6 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706064503/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/07_july/25/oliver.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1996–97: ''[[Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist]]'', a 52-episode animated American-French co-production where the story is downplayed for younger viewers, in which Oliver loses his mother in a crowd rather than being dead and the characters are represented by anthropomorphic animals. Oliver in this version is a young dog.
* 2001: ''[[Escape of the Artful Dodger]]'', an Australian TV series set as a sequel, where Dodger and Oliver are sent to the colony of Australia.
* 2020: The ''[[Animaniacs]]'' [[Animaniacs (2020 TV series)|2020 revival]] featured a two-part parody of the story titled "Wakkiver Twist" in season 2, featuring [[List of Animaniacs characters#The Warner Siblings (Animaniacs)|Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Warner]] playing the roles of a trio version of Oliver while Fagin is played by the Warners' usual [[Foil (narrative)|foil]], [[List of Animaniacs characters#The Warner Siblings (Animaniacs)#Supporting characters|Dr. Otto von Scratchansniff]].
* 2022: ''[[Dodger (TV series)|Dodger]],'' a British TV series produced for [[CBBC]], set as a prequel, where Dodger joins Fagin's gang.
* 2023: ''[[The Artful Dodger (2023 TV series)|The Artful Dodger]],'' an Australian TV series produced for [[Disney+]], a sequel where Dodger is sent to the colony of Australia, starring [[Thomas Brodie-Sangster]].

=== Radio ===
* 1928, BBC Liverpool, with Olive Worthington (Oliver Twist), J.P. Lambe (Fagin), Walter Shore (The Artful Dodger), Mrs Fred Wilkinson (Nancy) and Philip H. Harper (Bill Sikes)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/fab33146d5fd4244aef2190880025615 |title=6LV Liverpool – Oliver Twist |publisher=BBC Programme Index |date=18 February 1928 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref>
* 1934, [[BBC Regional Programme]], adapted by J. Comyns Carr, with Desmond Tester (Oliver Twist), [[Harcourt Williams]] (Fagin), Frederick Peisley (The Artful Dodger), [[Barbara Couper]] (Nancy) and Matthew Boulton (Bill Sikes)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/242ef159fd054077bd4893adb4c1682d |title=BBC Regional Programme – Oliver Twist |publisher=BBC Programme Index |date=28 December 1934 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref>
* 1941–42, [[BBC Home Service]] in 8 parts, adapted by Audrey Lucas, with David Baxter (Oliver Twist), [[Malcolm Keen]] (Fagin), Leonard Thorne (The Artful Dodger), Belle Chrystall (Nancy) and Allan Jeaves (Bill Sikes)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?filt=is_radio&q=Oliver+Twist&after=1940-12-31T23%3A00%3A00.000Z&before=1942-12-31T22%3A59%3A59.999Z#top |title=BBC Home Service – Oliver Twist |publisher=BBC Programme Index |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref>
* 1947, NBC Radio, ''[[Favorite Story]]'', broadcast 29 April 1947, hosted by [[Ronald Colman]] with [[Henry Blair (child actor)|Henry Blair]], [[Arthur Q. Bryan]], Gloria Gordon, Edmund MacDonald, Peter Rankin and [[Virginia Gregg]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.otrsite.com/logs/logf1010.htm |title=Favorite Story – Radio Log |website=Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref>
* 1952, [[BBC Home Service]] in 12 parts, adapted by [[Giles Cooper (playwright)|Giles Cooper]], with Wilfrid Downing (Oliver Twist), John Gabriel (Fagin), Brian Smith (The Artful Dodger), [[Helen Shingler]] (Nancy) and Ralph Truman (Bill Sikes)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?filt=is_radio&q=Oliver+Twist&after=1952-01-01T00%3A00%3A00.000Z&before=1952-12-31T23%3A59%3A59.999Z#top |title=BBC Home Service – Oliver Twist (1952) |publisher=BBC Programme Index |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref>
* 1970, [[BBC Radio 4]] in 12 parts, adapted Giles Cooper, with Stephen Bone (Oliver Twist), [[Peter Woodthorpe]] (Fagin), Dennis Conoley (The Artful Dodger), Patricia Leventon (Nancy) and [[John Hollis]] (Bill Sikes)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?filt=is_radio&q=Oliver+Twist&after=1969-12-31T23%3A00%3A00.000Z&before=1970-12-31T22%3A59%3A59.999Z#top |title=BBC Radio 4 – Oliver Twist (1970) |publisher=BBC Programme Index |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref>
* 1994, [[BBC Radio 4]] in 6 parts, adapted and directed by Nigel Bryant, with Edward Long (Oliver Twist), [[John Grillo]] (Fagin), [[Richard Pearce (actor)|Richard Pearce]] (The Artful Dodger), [[Adjoa Andoh]] (Nancy) and [[Tim McInnerny]] (Bill Sikes)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?filt=is_radio&q=Oliver+Twist&after=1994-01-01T00%3A00%3A00.000Z&before=1994-12-31T23%3A59%3A59.999Z#top |title=BBC Radio 4 – Oliver Twist (1994) |publisher=BBC Programme Index |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref>
* 2012, [[Focus on the Family]] Radio Theatre produced a dramatized version of the story with Joseph Holgate (Oliver Twist), [[Henry Goodman]] (Fagin), [[Lee Boardman]] (Bil Sikes), [[Honeysuckle Weeks]] (Nancy), and [[Geoffrey Palmer (actor)|Geoffrey Palmer]] (Mr. Brownlow)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.focusonthefamily.com/radio-theatre/timeless-classics/ |title=Timeless Classics |website=Focus on the Family|access-date=31 July 2024}}</ref>

=== Theatre ===
* In 1838 [[Charles Zachary Barnett]]'s adaptation, the three-act burletta ''Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress'' opened at the [[Theatre Royal, Marylebone|Marylebone Theatre]] in London.<ref name=Web>{{Cite web |url=http://www.victorianweb.org/victorian/mt/theaters/pva234.html |title=Theatres in Victorian London – Victorian Web |access-date=17 March 2020 |archive-date=17 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317063453/http://www.victorianweb.org/victorian/mt/theaters/pva234.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  ''[[Oliver!]]'', a 1960 [[West End theatre]] [[stage musical]] adaptation by [[Lionel Bart]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Oliver!: The real story of Britain's greatest musical |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/oliver-the-real-story-of-britains-greatest-musical-1232964.html |last=Coveney |first=Michael |newspaper=The Independent|location=London |date=17 March 2017 |access-date=1 March 2018 |archive-date=18 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518112952/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/oliver-the-real-story-of-britains-greatest-musical-1232964.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The original cast featured [[Ron Moody]] as Fagin (he would reprise the role for the film adaptation), and boys who alternated in the juvenile lead of the Artful Dodger included [[Phil Collins]] and [[Davy Jones (actor)|Davy Jones]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/7975594/Rocks-outsider-Phil-Collins-interview.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/7975594/Rocks-outsider-Phil-Collins-interview.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Rock's outsider: Phil Collins interview|date=4 September 2010|work=The Telegraph|first=Craig|last=McLean|access-date=21 March 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Many songs are well known to the public, such as "[[Food, Glorious Food]]", "[[Consider Yourself]]" and "[[I'd Do Anything (Oliver! song)|I'd Do Anything]]".<ref>{{cite news|title=Oliver!: The real story of Britain's greatest musical|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/oliver-the-real-story-of-britains-greatest-musical-1232964.html|work=[[The Independent]]|date=17 March 2017|access-date=1 March 2018|archive-date=18 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518112952/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/oliver-the-real-story-of-britains-greatest-musical-1232964.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* ''Oliver Twist'' is a 2017 stage adaptation of the novel written by [[Anya Reiss]] which premiered at the Regent's Park Theatre. The show was directed by Caroline Byrne.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/jul/27/oliver-twist-review-anya-reiss-open-air-regents-park |title=Oliver Twist review – artful production gets lost down blind alleys |last=Gillinson |first=Miriam |date=2017-07-27 |work=The Guardian |access-date=2020-01-01|issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=1 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101115858/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/jul/27/oliver-twist-review-anya-reiss-open-air-regents-park |url-status=live }}</ref>