Oliver!
Victorian orphan musical
Oliver! is a British musical adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel *Oliver Twist*, featuring songs like "Food, Glorious Food" and "Consider Yourself." The exclamation point is part of the title.
First staged in 1960, it became one of the longest-running musicals in West End history and was adapted into an Academy Award–winning film in 1968.
- NancyWoman's name, French city
- foundlingAbandoned child discovered
- orphanChild whose parents died
- waifAbandoned, neglected child
pickpocket · villain · gang · thieves · urchin · ward · parentless · abandoned
Popular regal name
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- VictorianOf a prim era
- literatureBody of written works
- serializationEncoding objects for transmission
workhouse · orphan · Fagin · Nancy · thieves · London · poverty · realism
England's capital city
- workhouseInstitution housing poor laborers
- slumsImpoverished, crowded districts
- cobblestoneRiver-smoothed paving stone
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
fog · chimneysweep · urchins · pickpocket · hansom · factory · industrial · smog
Fagin
waif · pickpocket · villain · gang · thieves · urchin · ward · parentless · abandoned · innocent
Charles
Popular regal name
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- VictorianOf a prim era
- literatureBody of written works
serialization · workhouse · orphan · Fagin · Nancy · thieves · London · poverty · realism · satire
London
England's capital city
- workhouseInstitution housing poor laborers
- slumsImpoverished, crowded districts
- cobblestoneRiver-smoothed paving stone
gaslight · fog · chimneysweep · urchins · pickpocket · hansom · factory · industrial · smog · alleyway
Broadway
Manhattan theatrical district
- showtunesSongs from musicals
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
- castPerformers, throw, or splint
ensemble · revival · production · director · libretto · score · lyrics · costumes · rehearsal · audition
Oliver!My Fair Lady
Musical about dialect coaching
Cabaret · The Producers · Anything Goes · 42nd Street · Chicago
Oliver!Hamilton
First Treasury secretary
Jesus Christ Superstar · Company · A Chorus Line · American Idiot
Oliver!Sweeney Todd
Homicidal London barber
Miss Saigon · Carrie · Cabaret · The Threepenny Opera · Les Misérables
- olive oilFruit-pressed culinary fat
- olive branchSymbol of reconciliation
- Jamie Oliver
- green oliveUnripened drupe for eating
- olive branchesEmblems of truce
- black oliveCured ripe drupe