for actors who struggle with questions as to how to interpret therole in a post-Naziera.Various Jewish writers,directors, and actors havesearched for ways to "salvage"Fagin.Late in life,Dickens developed close friendships withJews and unambiguously retracted his earlier anti-Semitic views and created a sympathetic Jewish character in his novel Our Mutual Friend.However,Dickens'expressions ofrevulsionat non-European peoples and his advocacy ofcivilizing savages remains embroiled in controversy. (100) for actors who struggle with questions as to how to interpret the role in a post-Nazi era. Various Jewish writers, directors, and actors have searched for ways to "salvage" Fagin. Late in life, Dickens developed close friendships with Jews and unambiguously retracted his earlier anti-Semitic views and created a sympathetic Jewish character in his novel Our Mutual Friend. However, Dickens' expressions of revulsion at non-European peoples and his advocacy of civilizing savages remains embroiled in controversy. (100’)