Oliver! The originals

    'Oliver!' opened at the New Theatre in London on 30 June 1960. Keith Hamshere (left) was the original Oliver, and Martin Horsey (right) was an exuberant Artful Dodger. I met them when I was a young reporter doing a feature article about the show - hence the signed photo.

    Others in the original cast were Ron Moody (Fagin), Georgia Brown (Nancy), Barry Humphries (yes - him!) as Mr Sowerberry, and Paul Whitsun-Jones (Mr Bumble). Among the workhouse boys were Stephen Marriott (who was later to find fame in the Small Faces and Humble Pie), and Tony Robinson, who was to become Blackadder's Baldrick and now potters around archaeological sites with TV cameras in tow.
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    1. LindaH, ian.phillips22, Farkle deluxe *Sparkle*, Douglas R Witt, and kentclark333 added this photo to their favorites.

    2. geoff.horsey (25 months ago | reply)

      Cool, That's my Father on the right as the Artful Dodger!

      Do you think you could send me a copy of this image?

    3. Peter Denton (25 months ago | reply)

      Geoff - yes, for sure!

    4. bawtrees (19 months ago | reply)

      What a small world Flickr is.

    5. bookish in north park (7 months ago | reply)

      So cool!

      Reportage!

    6. ~Locke~ (7 months ago | reply)

      Wow! That's freaking awesome!

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