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=== 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 β 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 β 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>
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