The Adventures of Dick Whittington
A Tale of the Power of Kindness

Retold in Script and Songs by
Betsy Lee Bailey
From the Old English Pantomime circa 1605
"Dick Whittington and His Cat"
RUNNING TIME: approximately 60 min.
FLEXIBLE CAST: 30+ actors (9 M, 13 F, 8+ either)
Suitable for children ages 9-14
Digital downloads available for
purchase at SMP Press:
Director's Script - with ideas for staging, sets, costumes, and choreography as well as Warm-ups and Acting games
Piano/Vocal Score Part 1
Piano/Vocal Score Part 2
Production Kit - contains reproducible booklet script and song sheets, coloring page activity Invitation, and Performance License for one series of shows.
FULL LIST OF SONGS available for purchase and download separately from SMP Press:
1.Overture - Dick Whittington 2.Nursery Rhyme Quodlibet 3.&22.Off to Seek My Fortune 4.Incidental "Streets of London" 5.The List 6.Alice's Dance 7.Off to Seek Reprise 8.Mistress Mary, Quite Contrary
9.Mistress Mary Incidental 10.Too, Too Much to Do 11.&14.Scurry Scurry Song
12.A Toast to Travel and Trade 13.Over the Briny Sea 15.Spices and Perfumes 16.Moroccan Palace Dance 17.Let Kindness Begin with Me 18.Moroccan Scurry, Scurry Dispatch 19.Let Kindness Begin with Me Reprise 20.Ballad of Dick Whittington Finale 21.Bows- Dick Whittington
Or: After proof of purchase, get access to The Adventures of Dick Whittington - Show Tracks Album -
limited use digital link through Google Drive. Make your request through Contact Info.
Read the Perusal Script (without the song lyrics) and listen to Guide Vocals at
Songs from The Adventures of Dick Whittington
Songs from The Adventures of Dick Whittington