"I'd Do Anything" is a song performed by various characters in the
1960 British
musical
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Musical may also refer to:
* Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance
* Musical film
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''
Oliver!'' and the 1968 film of the
same name.
Song
The song is part of Act One of ''Oliver!'', and is sung in Fagin's lair. It begins with spoken
dialogue
Dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog in American and British English spelling differences, American English) is a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people, and a literature, literary and theatrical form that depicts suc ...
between
Nancy and the
Artful Dodger
Jack Dawkins, better known as the Artful Dodger, is a character in Charles Dickens's 1838 novel ''Oliver Twist''. The Dodger is a pickpocket and his nickname refers to his skill and cunning in that occupation. In the novel, he is the leader of th ...
, soon leading into the song. Other characters who have lines in the song are
Oliver,
Fagin and Bet (Nancy's younger sister in the musical; her best friend in the 1968 film and in the original novel), with Fagin's Boys as chorus.
In popular culture
In 2007, the
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...
announced that a new reality television series ''
I'd Do Anything'', named after the song, would begin in 2008 to search for a new, unknown lead to play Nancy and three young performers to play Oliver in a West End revival of ''Oliver!''
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In the 2025 film ''
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,''
Colin Firth's character Mark Darcy sings the song to his son, who later sings it to his school.
See also
*"
As Long as He Needs Me"
*"
Consider Yourself"
*"
Food, Glorious Food"
*
"Oliver!" (song)
*"
Where Is Love?"
*"
You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"
References
Songs written by Lionel Bart
Songs from Oliver!
1960 songs
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