Quite rightly, Oliver audience asked for more It's nice to be appreciated ma'am It is indeed Mr Bumble and you and your colleagues in Greenford Grammar School's production of Oliver certainly were on Tuesday night You were cheered and applauded as you left the stage after each scene, and you probably heard the calls for more as the final curtain fellAnd they were deserved The Artful Dodger — Dodger, as I believe his more 'hintimate' acquaintances call him coped admirably with the demanding role of a cheeky, cheerful, police-dodging cockney Nancy, too, gave a fine performance and sang He needs me with great feeling for one so young She, like the rest of your cast, did their best to sound like true inhabitants of the Mile End Road, and dropped their t's and h's in all the appropriate places Mr Fagin, whom I believe can be found teaching in your woodwork department, gave a superb performance He, with the help of your fine orchestra and the producer's dog, who acted well as Bill Sykes' dog, held the audience spellbound Congratulations Mr Bumble, and first-former Oliver, you all deserved all the appreciation you got Cast: Fagin - Doug Cheshire Bumble - Peter Wareham Widow Corney - Linda Wootley Sowerberry - Erle Jackson Mrs Sowerberry - Ruth Little Brownlow - Alex Hidveghy Oliver - Robert Postins Artful Dodger - Michael Wilson Bill Sykes - Ray Sansom Nancy - Moya McLoughlin Producers were Celia Cologne and Vivian Loosley