Dick Whittington
Pantomime Script
13 Characters • 11 Principals, 2 Supporting plus Ensemble • Running time ~2hours
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Dick Whittington is panto at its most adventurous; a hero with ambition, a villain with genuine menace, and a cat who steals every scene she's in. This script gives the familiar legend proper pace: sharp comedy from Idle Jack and Dame Sarah, a King Rat who is actually threatening, and a voyage to Morocco that gives your production real scope and visual variety.
Dick Whittington Pantomime Script Synopsis
Dick Whittington has travelled to London to seek his fortune, but upon arrival, things are not quite as he imagined. The city is overrun with rats, (and the jazz obsessed Rat-Pack!) and Alderman Fitzwarren is at his wits' end trying to banish them.
Sensing an opportunity to prove his worth, and win the heart of Alice, the girl of his dreams, Dick sets out to rid the city of vermin.
But King Rat is furious and frames Dick for stealing Alice’s birthday present in a bid to maintain control. With Dame Sarah the Cook, Idle Jack, and Eileen the mischievous cat by his side, Dick must work hard to restore order, clear his name, and claim his destiny.
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An evil chord plays as KING RAT enters. FRANK and SAMMY (his Henchmen) enter from the other side.
FRANK: Sorry we’re late sir.
SAMMY: A hundred apologies.
KING RAT: I’ve told you before to stop apologising.
FRANK: And we’re very sorry we do.
SAMMY: A thousand apologies.
KING RAT: I said stop it.
FRANK: Please forgive us.
SAMMY: A million apologies.
KING RAT: Have you quite finished?
FRANK: Yes.
Beat. FRANK and SAMMY look at each other and then back at KING RAT. They speak at the same time.
FRANK and SAMMY: Sorry.
KING RAT rolls his eyes.
KING RAT: Enough. Where are the others?
FRANK: They’re on their way. Dean got distracted by a wheelie bin.
SAMMY: You should have seen it, it was overflowing with really good rubbish..
FRANK: I can’t believe the sort of thing those humans throw away!
KING RAT: That’s the trouble with humans, they don’t know their rubbish!
FRANK: They’ve even got this new slogan… reduce, reuse, recycle!
SAMMY: Is that why we’re reusing some of the same jokes as last year?
Beat.
KING RAT: What’s the latest with Alderman Fitzwarren’s city clean up plan?
FRANK: Bad news I’m afraid. They’ve got a council meeting tomorrow about extending the low emissions zone.
KING RAT: What is that?
FRANK: It’s part of his plan to give everyone easy access to clean air and fresh water.
KING RAT is horrified and almost gags at the idea.
KING RAT: What?!
SAMMY: Actually, that’s not true sir.
KING RAT: Thank goodness!
SAMMY: His plan is to give everyone fresh air and clean water!
KING RAT: That’s even worse! How are we supposed to spread disease and pestilence when public services are going round cleaning everything up! Oh I hate the council!