To: Salvation
In the Victorian Anglican church the beadle was a fairly important person - in effect a constable and in charge of charity. We meet him in Dickens, Mr. Bumble by name.
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3 posted on
01/01/2014 11:52:22 AM PST by
AnAmericanMother
(Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
To: AnAmericanMother
I had forgotten about that.
4 posted on
01/01/2014 11:54:46 AM PST by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: AnAmericanMother
I have played both Mr. Bumble, the Beadle in Oliver! (the musical version of Oliver Twist ) and Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd. I used to tell friends that I was going to combine the two into a one-man show called appropriately
(apologies in advance)
Beadlemania.
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