Fact or Fable?
| {OW much truth is there in the pantomime story of Dick Whittington, and to what extent has the life of the real Richard, been overlaid by legend? That is something the Radio Players will examine at 2YA on Saturday, December 25, at 7.30 ..m., when they present Dick Whittington: Fact or Fable? On the one hand, Dick was supposed to be a pauper boy, born of unknown parents, who made his way to London and was cared for by a kindly merchant. On the other, Richard was believed to be the third son of Sir William Whittington, of Fauntley, Gloucestershire, born some time before 1360. At any rate whether it was Dick or Richard who was elected Mayor of London in 1398 and who became greatly esteemed for his liberality to*his king and _ his city, tales of cats helping their owners to fame have been known in several different countries. Though the pantomime version contains a good deal more fiction than fact, it will probably long continue to be popular with people of six or 60,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 495, 17 December 1948, Page 21
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179Fact or Fable? New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 495, 17 December 1948, Page 21
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