Performance

Venue	Blackpool Grand Theatre
	Also: Lawrence House Studio
Town	Blackpool
County	Lancashire
From	8th December 2006
To	6th January 2007
When	Times vary, check with Box Office
Prices	From £10.50. To £16.50.
Blackpool Grand Theatre (V518)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Dick Whittington and His Cat

Work:: Dick Whittington and His Cat (S01059686152)

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:: (T0648310347)

Producer	Peter Frosdick
Producer	Martin Dodd (for UK Productions)
Performer	Ray Meagher (King Rat)
Performer	Alf Stewart
Performer	Steve Royle (Idle Jack)
Performer	Andrew Newton-Lee (Dick)
Performer	Helen Bowden (Fairy Bow Bells)
Performer	Michelle Hughes (Alice Fitzwarren)
Performer	Mark Two (Captain)
Performer	Charles Burden (Sarah the Cook)

Listing:: L2017754372

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