Performance

Venue	Theatre Royal Wakefield
	Also: Matcham Auditorium (also manages Wakefield Arts Centre)
Town	Wakefield
County	West Yorkshire
From	30th November 2009
To	3rd January 2010
When	Times vary, check with Box Office
Prices	From £10.00.
Theatre Royal Wakefield (V979)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

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:: (T0628579327)

Producer	Theatre Royal Wakefield
Author	Jonathan Stone
Director	Jonathan Stone
Musical Director	Dean McDermott
Choreographer	Louise Denison

Listing:: L0462099715

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Special Performances

16 Dec 09 Sign Interpreted
17 Dec 09 Sign Interpreted

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