Performance

Venue	Kings Theatre Portsmouth
Town	Southsea
County	Hampshire
From	20th December 2002
To	12th January 2003
Kings Theatre Portsmouth (V780)
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Dick Whittington

Work:: Dick Whittington (S5912)

Pantomime about a boy and his cat who set off to London to make their fortune - usually with Dick's Brother (Idle Jack) and mother - there they usually meet Baron Fitzwarren and sail away to seek treasure. In some versions King Rat goes with them to steal the treasure, in others they reach a land infested with rats where they haven't heard of cats and Dick does a deal, returning home rich he becomes Lord Mayor of London. Based extremely loosely on a real person (Richard Whittington, 1350 to 1423), there is a statue of the cat outside the Whittington Hospital in North London where Dick is supposed to have heard the bells say "Turn again Whittington, Lord Mayor of London" as he trudged away from the city. First recorded panto on this theme was in 1814.

Production:: (T759386998)

Producer	New Pantomime Productions Ltd
Choreographer	Warren James
Director	Simon Barry
Performer	Mark Raffety (King Rat)
Performer	Leila Birch (Fairy Bowbells)
Performer	Tony Adams (Alderman Fitzwarren)
Performer	Aiden J Harvey (Idle Jack)
Performer	Christopher Marlowe (Sarah the Cook)
Performer	Maximum Bob
Performer	Alan Jenkins (The Mate)

Listing:: L01526827159

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