Overview
Character Name
Mr. Sowerberry
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Featured
Dramatic Function
Authority Figure
Relationships
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Baritone
Vocal Range
High Note: F4
Low Note: C3
Time & Place
London, 1830s
Analysis
Mr. Sowerberry is the undertaker who briefly takes Oliver in as an apprentice. He is morbid, eccentric, and slightly comic in his gloomy fascination with death. Though he mistreats Oliver, he is less overtly cruel than Bumble or Sikes, instead coming across as opportunistic
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