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Dick Whittington

Set Design
1952 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Set design for 'Cheapside' in pantomime Dick Whittington, London Palladium, 1952.

Dick Whittington starred comedian Frankie Howerd as Idle Jack and comic actor Richard ‘Mr Pastry’ Hearne as Mate. The show’s scenery, designed by Charles Reading, achieved great praise, with the Daily Telegraph describing it as “lavish spectacle” and Ivor Brown in the Daily Express commending the production’s “nice clean colouring, great dash and speed, and […] fine efficiency in its ‘effects’.”
The show also featured Jimmy Currie’s Water Scena and Knie’s Chimpanzees trained by Captain A Smith.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDick Whittington (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and ink on paper, mounted on card
Brief description
Set design for 'Cheapside' in pantomime Dick Whittington, London Palladium, 1952
Physical description
Pencil and ink on paper set design for Act 1, Scene 1 in pantomime Dick Whittington, London Palladium, 1952. The design is mounted on card and shows a town scene with a wheelbarrow leaning against a wall.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.6cm (Note: Height when mounted on card backing. Unmounted the height is 34.7cm.)
  • Width: 52cm (Note: Width when mounted on card backing. Unmounted the width is 44.6cm.)
Marks and inscriptions
  • FIDDLE / 9" (On front side in black ink)
  • Transliteration
Credit line
Given by Roger Fox
Summary
Set design for 'Cheapside' in pantomime Dick Whittington, London Palladium, 1952.

Dick Whittington starred comedian Frankie Howerd as Idle Jack and comic actor Richard ‘Mr Pastry’ Hearne as Mate. The show’s scenery, designed by Charles Reading, achieved great praise, with the Daily Telegraph describing it as “lavish spectacle” and Ivor Brown in the Daily Express commending the production’s “nice clean colouring, great dash and speed, and […] fine efficiency in its ‘effects’.”
The show also featured Jimmy Currie’s Water Scena and Knie’s Chimpanzees trained by Captain A Smith.
Collection
Accession number
S.2236-2014

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Record createdNovember 18, 2014
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