Performance

Venue	Camberley Theatre (previously Artslink)
Town	Camberley
County	Surrey
From	18th December 1999
To	9th January 2000
Camberley Theatre (previously Artslink) (V698)
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:: (T01355409913)

Performer	Sarah Vandenbergh (Alice Fitzwarren)
Performer	Tom Cotcher (The Captain)
Performer	Richard Brightiff (Dick Whittington)
Performer	Johnny Barrs (Alderman Fitzwarren)
Performer	Adrian Fletcher (Sarah the Cook)
Performer	Peter Warrick (King Rat)
Performer	Chris Smeed (Idle Jack)
Performer	Polly Bowles (Fairy Bowbells)
Performer	the Spectacular Star Puppets
Performer	The Artslink Dancers
Producer	Paul Holman
Producer	John Ogle
Producer	Adrian Jackells

Listing:: L142100446

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