3-082-042 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

"Dick Whittington,'' at Drury Lane Theatre, 1895. 'Some Xmas Entertainments - No. 1 Drury Lane - FitzWarren - Mr. Spry; Idle Jack - Mr. Dan Leno; Malkin - Mr. Griffiths; Eliza - Mr. Herbert Campbell; Alice - Miss Montrose; Dick - Miss Ada Blanche; Finale of the Fan Dance...Sir Augustus Harris, who, as his patrons will allow, never does things by halves or thirds, has managed this year to make his splendid pantomime, called "Dick Whittington and his Cat," an amalgamation of the very best features in recorded pantomime...What could be funnier and more appreciated by children than the military scene of the Cats' Camp, where King Cat and King Rat declare war on the grave subject of the Idle and the Industrious Apprentices, and the purely comic scenes in which the favourites Herbert Campbell, Dan Leno, and the Brothers Griffiths join forces...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.