Oliver Twist
Sweet and innocent, orphan
workhouse boy, about 13yrs
Principal vocal Soprano
Youth (Yr 7+)
Male
Where Is Love, I’d Do Anything, Be Back Soon, Consider
Yourself, Who Will Buy
Artful Dodger
Cleverest of Fagin's gang. Introduces
Oliver to Fagin - Cockney
Principal vocal Soprano
Youth (Yr 7+)
Male
Consider yourself, I’d Do Anything, Be Back Soon, Fine
Life (Reprise)
Fagin
A career criminal that takes in
runaways and teaches them to pick
pockets
Principal vocal Baritone
Adult
Male
Pick-a-pocket, I’d Do Anything, Be Back Soon, Fine Life
(Reprise), Reviewing the Situation
Nancy
Cockney girl with warm heart. Bill
Sykes girl.
Principal vocal Alto
Late teens/early 20s
Bill Sykes
A villain in his prime, brutal and
ultimately murderous
Principal vocal Baritone
20s/30s
Male
My Name, Fine Life (Reprise)
Mr Bumble The Beadle
A large pompous man who runs the
workhouse
Principal vocal Tenor
Adult
Male
Oliver, I Shall Scream, One Boy For Sale,
That’s Your Funeral
Widow Corney
A sharp-tongued, domineering widow- Principal vocal the workhouse mistress
Soprano
Adult
Mr Sowerberry
(+ ensemble/street vendor soloist*)
The insensitive undertaker who takes
in Oliver
Principal vocal Baritone
Adult
Mrs Sowerberry
(+ ensemble/street vendor soloist?*)
The undertaker's wife
Principal vocal Soprano
Adult
Female (Oom-pah-pah, Who Will Buy)
Charlotte
(+ ensemble)
The Sowerberry's rude but flirtatious
daughter
Chorus
Teen
Female Who Will Buy)
Noah Claypole
(+ ensemble/pauper assistant)
The Sowerberry's apprentice who
bullies Oliver
Chorus
Teen
Bet
A teen in Fagin's gang - idolizes Nancy
Principal vocal Alto
Teen
Mr Brownlow
A kind gentleman of wealth and
breeding, Oliver's grandfather
None singing
Adult
Mrs Bedwin
The Brownlows' Housekeeper, cares
for Oliver
Principal vocal Soprano
Adult
Dr Grimwig
(+ Ensemble/Bow St Runner)
A foppish doctor and friend of Mr
Brownlow
Chorus
Adult
Old Sally
(+ Ensemble)
A pauper who assisted at Oliver's
birth and stole his mother's locket
Chorus
Adult
Female Who Will Buy)
Old Lady
Ensemble
Chorus
Adult
Female Who Will Buy
Pauper Assistant/Bow St Runner
Ensemble
Chorus
Late teen/Adult
Male
Oliver, Consider Yourself, Oom-pah-pah,
Who Will Buy
Hussar/street vendor soloist*
Ensemble
Chorus
Late teen/Adult
Male
Consider Yourself, Oom-pah-pah,
Who Will Buy
Chairman/Night Watchman
Ensemble
Chorus
Adult
Male
Consider Yourself, Oom-pah-pah,
Who Will Buy
1st woman/street vendor soloist*
Ensemble
Chorus
Teen/Adult
Female Who Will Buy
2nd woman/street vendor soloist*
Ensemble
Chorus
Teen/Adult
Female Who Will Buy
Charlie Bates
Member of Fagin's Gang
(Dodger's sidekick)
Chorus
Youth
Either
Consider Yourself, It’s A Fine Life,
Pick-a-pocket, Be Back Soon
Workhouse Soloist/Fagin's Gang x 4
Youth Ensemble
Chorus
Youth
Either
Food Glorious Food, Oliver, Consider Yourself, It’s A
Fine Life, Pick-a-pocket, Be Back Soon
Workhouse/Fagin's Gang x 4
Youth Ensemble
Chorus
Youth
Either
Food Glorious Food, Oliver, Consider Yourself, It’s A
Fine Life, Pick-a-pocket, Be Back Soon
Workhouse/Girl
Youth Ensemble
Chorus
Youth
Female Will Buy?)
Workhouse/Boy
Youth Ensemble
Chorus
Youth
Male
Food Glorious Food, Oliver, Consider Yourself, (Who
Will Buy?)
Workhouse x 3
Youth Ensemble
Chorus
Youth
Either
Food Glorious Food, Oliver, Consider Yourself, (Who
Will Buy?)
*Street Vendor Soloists
Rose Seller (alto)
Bow Street Runners are police!
Milk Maid (mezzo)
Strawberry Seller (mezzo)
Knife Grinder (baritone)
Long Song Seller (baritone)
It’s a Fine Life, I’d Do Anything, Oom-pah-pah, As Long
Female As He Needs Me, Fine Life (Reprise)
Female Oliver, I Shall Scream
Male
That’s Your Funeral
(Oom-pah-pah, Who Will Buy)
That’s Your Funeral
(Consider Yourself, Oom-pah-pah,
Male
(Oliver, Consider Yourself, Oom-pah-pah,
Who Will Buy)
Female It’s a Fine Life, I’d Do Anything
Male
Female Where Is Love (Reprise)
Male
(Consider Yourself, Oom-pah-pah)
(Consider Yourself, Oom-pah-pah,
Consider Yourself, Oom-pah-pah,
Consider Yourself, Oom-pah-pah,
Consider Yourself, Oom-pah-pah,
Food Glorious Food, Oliver, Consider Yourself, (Who