Whittington and his Cat
Author: first_name:  E. L.
last_name: Blanchard
Language: English
Year: 1875

<em>Whittington and his Cat, or Harlequin Lord Mayor of London</em> was the 26th Grand Comic Christmas Annual, written by E. L. Blanchard for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London in 1875. <br /><br />Pantomimes are a favourite Christmas entertainment in England, and in Victorian times were usually written in rhyming couplets. They featured a Principal Boy (played by a girl) and a Dame (played by a man). Over the years they became ever more elaborate with fantastic costumes, huge