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The Story of Dick Whittington: With Hedley Cullen, David Flatman, Ernie Sigley, Carole Stace. Dick Whittington and His Cat is the English folklore surrounding the real-life Richard Whittington (c. 1354-1423), wealthy merchant and later Lord Mayor of London.
But where did this classic home-grown English fairy tale come from? And what basis did the Dick Whittington story have in reality? In this post, we’ll offer a brief plot summary of the story and then discuss its origins and meaning, with some notes towards an analysis of the Dick Whittington ‘legend’. Dick Whittington: summary
Summaries. Dick Whittington and His Cat is the English folklore surrounding the real-life Richard Whittington (c. 1354-1423), wealthy merchant and later Lord Mayor of London. In the early years of Australian television, NWS9 in Adelaide produced an annual Christmas pantomime.
Dick Whittington buys a cat from a woman. Coloured cut from a children's book published in New York, c. 1850 (Dunigan's edition). Dick Whittington and His Cat is the English folklore surrounding the real-life Richard Whittington (c. 1354–1423), wealthy merchant and later Lord Mayor of London.
May 30, 2017 · An animated puppet film about the story of Dick Whittington and his kindness to a cat
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Dick Whittington and his Cat. An English Story * A long time ago there was once a poor boy called Dick Whittington who had no mummy and daddy to look after him so he was often very hungry. He lived in a little village in the country.
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Dick Whittington and His Cat is the English folklore surrounding the real-life Richard Whittington (c. 1354-1423), wealthy merchant and later Lord Mayor of London.
