26 Sep 1968
Oliver!
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.
The BFG
Sophie is snatched from her orphanage early one morning by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), whom she witnesses engaged in mysterious activities. She is soon put at ease, as she learns that BFG's job is to collect, catalog and deliver pleasant dreams to children. She joins him that night, but a mean giants follow them, planning to eat the children of the world.
Top Billed Cast
David Jason The BFG (voice)
Amanda Root Sophie (voice)
Angela Thorne Elizabeth II (voice)
Ballard Berkeley Head of the Army (voice)
Michael Knowles Head of the Air Force
Don Henderson Bloodbottler / Fleshlumpeater / Sergeant (voice)
Mollie Sugden Mary (voice)
Frank Thornton Mr. Tibbs (voice)
Myfanwy Talog Mrs. Clonkers (voice)
Jimmy Hibbert Additional voices
Sharon Campbell The Balladeer (voice)
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