Last November I found this in a newspaper archive. I knew that back in
the early 80s CBS had a "read more about it" program, and they sponsored
film adaptations of classic like Dickens' "Tale of Two Cities," Walter
Scott's "Ivanhoe" Kipling's "Kim" among others including George Scott's
Christmas Carol. For "Oliver Twist" at least, they went a step further
and offered a special reading program sponsared by Red Lobster, and
available to teachers only. This small booklets were availabel
for a limited time, and contain ALL of James Goldman's final script for
Oliver. Even though I'd still want to get a hold of one Goldman's
originals, I finally got to actually read. It turns out that Goldman is a
very beautiful writer, meaning that he also doesn't not shy away from
some of the emotionally heartrending, and really grimy, gritty parts of
the story! 
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