OLIVER! AUDITION MONOLOGUES

1 oliver ! AUDITION MONOLOGUES NANCY I won t stand by and see it done, Bill. You ve got him here and what more would you have? Let him be, or I shall put my mark on someone and not care for the consequence. I wish I d been struck dead in the street before I lent a hand in bringing him here. After today, he s a thief, a liar, and all that s bad from this day forth. Isn t that enough for yer, without beating him to death? I thieved for you when I was a child, half his age and for twelve years since. Don t you forget it! FAGIN I hope I shall have the honour of your intimate acquaintance. We are very glad to see you, oliver , very! Ah! You re a-staring at the pocket-handkerchiefs! Eh, my dear? There are quite a few of them, ain t there? We ve just hung em out, ready for the wash. No, this isn t exactly a laundry, my boy. I suppose a laundry would be a very nice thing indeed, but our line of business pays a little better don t it boys? You see, oliver .. in this life, only one thing counts.

2 BILL SYKES Try and run away, would you? Do you know who you are? And what you are? Well then, keep quite of I ll quiet you for a good long time to come. You re a nice one, coming with all this huamane and genteel rubbish. A pretty subject for the child, as you call him, to make a friend of. There ll be murders! There ll be terror such as you ve never seen. DODGER Well, I wouldn t exactly say that not exactly. But if I introduce someone it s alright, on account of I happen to be a particular favorite of Mister Fagin .. that s his name Mister Fagin. By the way, if I m introducing you to Fagin, I better know who you are my old china plate. My name s Jack Dawkins better known among my more intimate friends as the Artful Dodger. oliver You can t keep the books. They belong to Mr. Brownlow and he finds out you've got them, he ll be out here after you. I won t go with you! She s not my sister! Got not sister got no father nor mother neither!

3 Bet! Tell them to let me go!