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Michelle Styles's avatar

It is called acting -- quite.

And didn't Dickens base Fagin on someone he knew? The character then becomes a stereotype or short hand.

One of the first people to run the gangs in New York happened to a German woman (also Jewish) who was v much a Fagin type character. She taught boys and girls how to pickpocket etc. She ended up receiving loads of the stolen goods from the Great fire in Chicago. One could do a staging of Oliver set in NYC with a woman as Fagin.

Glad to hear the play is coming on great guns.

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The Third Space Podcast's avatar

I love reading your funny, informative, and pointed articles, Jamie!!

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