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Jack Wild (30 September 1952 – 1 March 2006) was an English actor and singer. He is best known for his role as the Artful Dodger in the film Oliver! (1968), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the age of 16, becoming the fourth-youngest nominee in the category.
In 2001, the Artful Dodger was the subject of an Australian children's show called Escape of the Artful Dodger. The show followed the Artful Dodger's adventures in the Australian penal colony in New South Wales, as well as his eventual redemption. Oliver Twist and Fagin also appeared. [21]
The song is part of Act One of Oliver!, and is sung in Fagin's lair.It begins with spoken dialogue between Nancy and the Artful Dodger, soon leading into the song.Other characters who have lines in the song are Oliver, Fagin and Bet (Nancy's younger sister in the musical; her best friend in the 1968 film and in the original novel), with Fagin's Boys as chorus.
In all versions, Dodger sings it when he first meets Oliver, after offering to get the destitute and alone boy food and lodging. Lyrically, it is an enthusiastic gift of friendship from Dodger and his as-yet-unseen gang to Oliver, assuring him warmly he can consider himself "our mate" and "one of the family" as "it's clear we're going to get ...
There are several studio cast recordings of the show including with Stanley Holloway as Fagin and Alma Cogan as Nancy (Capitol Records ST 1784, 1962), Jon Pertwee (later of Doctor Who) fame as Fagin and Jim Dale as The Artful Dodger (Music for Pleasure MFP 1073, 1966), with Ian Carmichael as Fagin and Joyce Blair as Nancy (World Record Club S ...
A week later, Oliver reaches London. He meets the Artful Dodger, who takes him under his wing. Dodger brings Oliver to a hideout for young pickpockets led by Fagin, who instructs the gang in the art of stealing. Fagin later meets with burglar Bill Sikes. When Fagin returns to his den, he goes through a secret cache of treasures.
Oliver! is the soundtrack to the 1968 British musical drama film of the same name. The soundtrack won an Oscar for Best Original or Adaptation Score at the 41st Academy Awards in 1969. [ 2 ] It reached number four in the UK Albums Chart and spent 99 weeks on the chart. [ 3 ]
The song is the last in Act I following on immediately after "I'd Do Anything" and is sung in Fagin's thieves' lair by Fagin, the Artful Dodger, Oliver Twist and the boys in Fagin's Gang. In the song Fagin sends the gang of young pickpockets out to 'work' - stealing wallets and pocket handkerchiefs. During the song Fagin sings that he will miss ...