Dick Whittington and his Cat
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Dick Whittington and his Cat | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Festival Hall, West Melbourne, VIC | ||||||||||
| First Date | January 1970 | ||||||||||
| Dates Estimated | Yes | ||||||||||
| Status | Professional | ||||||||||
| World Premiere | No | ||||||||||
| Description | John Farnham played the lead role of Dick Whittington, a boy who ran off to London with his cat because he heard the streets were paved with gold and eventually became Lord Mayor.
This holiday pantomime had all the traditional ingredients - songs, dances, wicked barons, slapstick comedy and a happy-ever-after ending. John performed One, Raindrops and Sadie in the show. |
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| Primary Genre | Music Theatre | ||||||||||
| Secondary Genre |
Pantomime
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| Subjects |
Cats
Childhood Humour |
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| Text Nationality | England | ||||||||||
| Production Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||
| Further Information | The show played across Australia beginning in Sydney on boxing day in 1969 and moved to Brisbane, Melbourne and finished in Adelaide in January1970. This Event also toured to clubs including the Parramatta Leages Club. | ||||||||||
| Event Status | Completed | ||||||||||
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| Data Set | AusStage | ||||||||||
| Event Identifier | 126559 | ||||||||||
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