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The story of Dick Whittington is to London what Romulus and Remus is to Rome, a myth that tells us something about our city. The key dramatic moment of the narrative, ripe for panto parody, is the point at which our hero turns back towards London having all but giving up on its possibilities. On the summit of Highgate Hill he hears the bells of ...
12 de ene. de 2021 · Dick Whittington and friends are on an adventure to save the true spirit of London. Watch the trailer for Dick Whittington, now streaming on National Theatre...
Dick Whittington died in 1423, leaving his whole estate to charitable purposes, earning him the title of “the model merchant of the Middle Ages”. He “began the Librarie of Gray-Friars in London:/ And his Executors after him did build/Whittington College, thirteene Almes-houses for poore men,/ Repair’d S. Bartholmewes in Smithfield,/ Glased the Guild-hall and built Newgate Gaol”.
15 de ene. de 2022 · Dick Whittington was Richard Whittington, son of Sir William Whittington of Pauntley near Newent in Gloucestershire. He’s believed to have been born in 1354, or thereabouts. Far from being born into poverty, he actually had family ties with politics. His father was an MP, while his mother was the daughter of an MP.
(died 1423) Lord Mayor of London three times (1397-98, 1406-7 and 1419-20). Most British people know the stories about him: that he was running away from London when he was a boy, but thought he heard the church bells telling him to 'Turn again, Whittington, Lord Mayor of London', and that he became rich by selling his cat to a foreign king.
Dick agreed, but was very sad to see the cat go. While the businessman was away, the other servants were very mean to Dick, so Dick decided to run away. But as he was leaving, one of the great church bells rang. It seemed to say, ‘Turn back, Dick Whittington, Mayor of London!’ So Dick came back to the house and soon the businessman returned.
4 de oct. de 2018 · Parque Whittington (Londres) Delante del hospital Whittington se alza una estatua en honor al legendario gato sin nombre que hizo rico a Dick, en el lugar donde, según versiones más tardías de la historia, las campanas Bow llamaron al muchacho. La estatua fue colocada en 1964.
