Performance

Venue	Regent Theatre
	Also: Britannia Suite
Town	Stoke-on-Trent
County	Staffordshire
From	13th December 2001
To	13th January 2002
When	Check with theatre for times.
Prices	From £7.00. To £16.00.
Regent Theatre (V124)
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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:: (T499698716)

Producer	Mike Hughes
Producer	Nick Thomas
Producer	Jon Conway (for Qdos Entertainment plc)
Director	John Bishop
Author	Tudor Davies
Performer	Russ Abbot (Idle Jack)
Performer	Bobby Bennett (Sarah the Cook)
Performer	Sally Taylor (Dick)
Performer	Jim Davis (King Rat)
Performer	Louise Stones (Fairy Bowbells)

Listing:: L0713534505

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Special Performances

4 Jan 02 Sign Interpreted
9 Jan 02 Sign Interpreted

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