Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens is a powerful story about poverty, justice, and survival in a broken society. Its theme is ...

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 ...

Oliver, played by then-11-year-old London actor Barney Clark, is an orphan boy brought up in Britain’s heartless workhouse system that treats such cast-off innocents as expendable nuisances.