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The curtain opens on this
fabulous classic tale to show the sinister interior of a
workhouse with a bare dining table. Pale-faced wretches
can be seen peering through the bars of the door at the
back. The door opens and the boys file to the table
singing, Food, Glorious Food. Widow Corney, who
runs the workhouse, and Mr. Bumble, the parish beadle,
enter and serve gruel to them. Oliver, alone and
courageous, takes his bowl to Bumble and pleads, "Please
sir, I want some more." Bumble is outraged. Oliver must
go, and so he hawks Oliver through the streets of London--Boy
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Oliver is sold to Mr. Sowerberry, the undertaker. Alone,
upset and surrounded by coffins, Oliver asks Where Is
Love? He runs away and meets the Artful Dodger who
invites Oliver to join him with Consider Yourself.
Oliver is taken to the hideout to meet Fagin, who welcomes
him with the fantastic You've Got to Pick a Pocket or
Two. Nancy, Bill Sykes' girl and Bet arrive and
encourage him with It's a Fine Life. The next day
Oliver goes with the boys and is arrested by the police,
not for picking pockets, but simply for looking guilty.
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In Act Two the curtain rises on an underworld tavern where
Nancy is being encouraged to sing a music hall number--Oom-Pah-Pah.
Fagin's boys report that Oliver has been apprehended by
the police, but that he was found innocent and is in the
care of a wealthy gentleman. Fagin and Sykes send Nancy to
retrieve Oliver. Meanwhile, Oliver is quite happy in his
new surroundings and sings Who Will Buy from his
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Unfortunately, the moment Oliver steps outside, he is
snatched by Nancy and returned to Fagin. Fagin considers
going straight in Reviewing the Situation. Bumble
and Mrs. Corney, newly married, discover that Oliver is
the son of a rich family and try to get him back. A
regretful Nancy plans to return Oliver to his benefactor.
She is afraid of Sykes, yet sings As Long as He Needs
Me. Sykes grabs Oliver and after a chase is shot.
Oliver is restored to his benefactor, who it turns out, is
his own grandfather. Fagin, now without the boys, home or
money, reprises Reviewing The Situation.
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