Performance

Venue	Fairfield Halls
	Also: Phoenix Concert Hall, Ashcroft Playhouse, The Recreational
Town	Outer London
County	Greater London
From	7th December 2007
To	6th January 2008
Prices	From £13.00. To £21.50.
Fairfield Halls (V295)
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:: (T1628529596)

Producer	Dui Entertainment Ltd (Croydon) Ltd)
Director	Brenda Lefevere
Choreographer	Wendy Sinclair
Musical Director	Joe O'Connor
Performer	Lucy Benjamin (Alice Fitzwarren)
Performer	John Lyons (King Rat)
Performer	Rikki Jay (Dick Whittington)
Performer	Harper Brothers (Captain and Mate)
Performer	Malcolm Lord (Sarah the Cook)

Listing:: L01597615205

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