
Last updated: Friday, March 28, 2008
MR. BEAN is set to pick a pocket or two as the star of a new stage adaptation of CHARLES DICKENS' beloved OLIVER TWIST.
British funnyman Rowan Atkinson will take on the role of thief mentor Fagin in the latest version of the 170-year-old story of London life.
Atkinson will hit the stage in a Christmas (08) production of Oliver Twist at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London.
Other famous Fagins have included Sir Alec Guinness, Ron Moody and Sir Ben Kingsley.
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