And a new biography of Dickens is getting prominent reviews, including front-page billing in The Washington Post Book World. But what’s been missing from the articles I’ve read about these works is ...

Oliver Twist: A "Masterpiece" presentation. Based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Starring William Miller, Timothy Spall, Tom Hardy and Sophie Okonedo. Directed by Coky Giedroyc. Adapted by Sarah ...

It is a scene burned on the consciousness of millions from the numerous TV and film adaptations. Having finished his bowl of gruel, Oliver Twist, thin and quivering, pleads for some more. Now, the ...

A two-part, three-hour, miniseries production of the Charles Dickens classic "Oliver Twist" that appeared on PBS's "Masterpiece Classic" on Feb. 15 and 22 produced some sharply critical comments from ...

Oliver Twist may have wanted more, but university academics think the Charles Dickens classic is too much for some students. The novel has become the latest recipient of a 'trigger warning' amid fears ...

Charles Dickens Oliver Twist: Melodrama. Adapted from the novel and directed by Neil Bartlett. (Through June 24. Berkeley Repertory s Roda Theatre, 2015 Addison St., Berkeley. Two hours, 20 minutes.

The Yorkshire poet, critic and scholar William Empson once offered his theory that (in literature and on the stage) the ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter When Oliver Twist was serialised in 1837 it was a sensational success. And the crafty old Jew who runs a school for child thieves was ...

Without his name on the credits, it would be difficult to identify the latest version of “Oliver Twist” as the work of Roman Polanski. Conventional, straightforward and very much within what used to ...

Mr Bumble has come to London on parochial business. In a local paper he discovers an advertisement asking for any information regarding the whereabouts of one Oliver Twist - and Bumble hurries to the ...

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with ...