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.
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.
Thank you, Michelle!!
I love reading your funny, informative, and pointed articles, Jamie!!
Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, baby! He knew it when he saw it.
Also-- I love that even under all the makeup you can see the characteristic twinkle in Alec Guinness’s eyes.
Yes Potter Stewart--thank you, Karl!!