Probably the best known of all Dickens’ works, Oliver Twist has been adapted for stage and screen many times. The Academy Award winning musical of 1969 is still hugely popular, and in November 2005, Roman Polanski’s film version was released in cinemas nationwide.
The story of an orphan, born into a workhouse, escaping into the open arms of a gang of thieves and criminals, was a damning... (more)