Performance

Venue	Royal Spa Centre
Town	Leamington Spa
County	Warwickshire
From	21st December 2000
To	8th January 2001
Royal Spa Centre (V131)
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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:: (T1462646185)

Sponsored by Woolworths, Observer Newspapers, Walls

Producer	Mark Andrews Production (in association with Warwick District Council)
Performer	Mark Rattray
Performer	Eve Steele
Performer	Maggie Moone
Performer	Wink Taylor
Performer	Ian Moore
Performer	Vicki Lee Taylor
Performer	Richard Shilling
Performer	Wendy Abrahams
Performer	Pattison Theatre Arts Dancers
Director	Glen Hayes
Director	Tony Whittaker (music)
Choreographer	Betty Pattison

Listing:: L01843397304

Production details

Sponsored by Woolworths, Observer Newspapers, Walls

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