| A poor Dick Whittington successfully
acquires work at the home of Alderman Saveloy.
Unfortunately the family fall on hard times and cannot
keep him. In the meantime Dick has fallen in love with their daughter Alice and vows to return a rich man and to marry her. He meets an old woman on his travels whom he has previously helped. This time she repays his kindness by telling him that he should seek Bluebeard's treasure on the Island of Mazawatee.
Island of Mazawatee Cast
See also Dick Whittington in 1978.
"My name is Dick
Whittington and this is my cat Sukie. This is London,
isn't it?" - "Yes, at least I've always thought
it was, for the last thirty years." - Dick
meets Dame Klukk, Alderman Saveloy's cook.
"I must have the
right jewels to do justice to the dress." - "If
you spend any more money I'll be facing the Justice of
the Peace."
"Daddy, this is the boy you wanted. You remember,
you were trying to find one, well here he is!" -
"Please give me a chance, sir. I will work hard and
my cat can catch mice."
"Ah Miss Alice, I want to talk to
you." - "What about?" - "L-l-love.
You know, the stuff these pop groups groan about."
"Show me the jewellery so I can make my choice.
Isn't it beautiful? Just like a river of ice..." -
"...Round the neck of a giant slug!"
"Aren't you the person who had my
last penny?" - "Indeed yes, and I gained much
relief with it. Where do you travel to?" - "To
find my fortune so I can return to London to marry
Alice." - "Then seek far over the sea. Go to
the Island of Mazawatee, there to discover Bluebeard's
treasure."
"Will you help me or not?" - "What will
I get?" - "Lots of lovely ducats." -
"And if I don't?" - (drawing index finger
across throat) "Kkkkkkkkk." - "Well,
if you put it like that, I don't think I'd like a lot of
Kkkkkkkk across my throat..."
"What on Earth's happened to Dame
Klukk?" - "Well she was singing outside Tesco
and we felt sorry for the poor old duck, so we threw her
out some rice and a tin of peas. The tin of rice missed
her, but she didn't duck quickly enough for the
peas!"
"I'm starving! That Dame Klukk is getting to the
mousetraps first and stealing all the cheese. We've got
to eat soon." - "Yes, I'm fading away. We've
got to get that cheese."
"What a nightmare! Forty days and
forty nights adrift on the ocean with captain and crew
permanently drunk on grog. Then, to cap it all,
shipwrecked and washed up on the shores of this unknown
land."
"Ahar! A talking cat! You wouldn't happen to hail
from London by any chance?" - "Yes, Richard
Whittington's the name, my friends call me Dick. How did
you know where we were from?" - "Ahar! I heard
it over the ether. I had an e-mail from
[email protected]!"
"Bring forth the prisoner! It is
our custom, young man, to welcome all unheralded guests
with a little game. I shall ask you a series of
questions. If you answer them correctly you shall be
richly rewarded from the Royal Treasury." -
"You mean like Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"...
..."Yes, sort of, except I'm afraid this game is
called Who Wants To Keep Their Head?"
"This cheque for a million rupees
is yours, young man. I think you'll find that, owing to
the wonders of the modern telecomms industry, the rupees
to ducats exchange rate is very much in your
favour."
"What is going on? What has happened? Someone has
stolen the cheese!" - "I think these are the
culprits!" -
"You've come
back!" - "Yes, to marry you, if you'll have
me." - "So let's eat, drink and be merry, for
tomorrow we diet!"
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There are many dangers. Will Dick survive? Will
the Baron marry Alice instead? Can love conquer all and
good win over evil?
