Performance

Venue	Pavilion Theatre
	Also: Y Pafiliwn, Town Hall
Town	Rhyl
County	Denbighshire
From	11th December 2000
To	6th January 2001
When	Check with theatre for times.
Pavilion Theatre (V813)
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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:: (T314028708)

Producer	Peter Frosick
Producer	Martin Dodd (for UK Productions in association with Pavilion Theatre Rhyl)
Performer	Ruth Madoc (Fairy Bowbell)
Performer	Gail McKenna (Dick Whittington)
Performer	Bodger (Captain)
Performer	Badger (Captain's Mate)
Performer	Harry Dickman (King Rat)
Performer	Charles Burden (Sarah the Cook)
Performer	Rik Gaynor (Idle Jack)
Performer	Natalie Cole (Tommy the Cat)

Listing:: L01262825969

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