14 JANUARY 1984, Page 28

Erratum Unfortunately a line was omitted from the final paragraph

of Giles Gordon's review of Oliver! last week. The sentence should have read:

`The denizens of Fagin's kitchen, Artful Dodger and all, seem closer to Barrie's Lost Generation — with Nancy (Jackie Marks, big voiced, basic) as Wendy, Oliver (Anthony Pearson, Bubbles by Millais) as Pan, Mr Sowerberry (Richard Frost, ingratiating) as Tootles, Fagin as Hook, and Bill Sikes (Linal Haft, the most worrying, truthful performance) as the crocodile — than individuals one recognises.'