Dandy Dick

This glorious British comedy, written in 1887, is a rarely-seen treasure enjoying its first revival in fifteen years.

Adaptation of a classic British farce written in 1887 by Arthur Wing Pinero, an actor and important British dramatist and stage director.Written in Brighton in 1887, Dandy Dick is tells the hilarious story of the Very Reverend Augustin Jedd, a pillar of Victorian respectability, who preaches regularly against the evils of horse racing and gambling. However, a visit from his tearaway sister, Georgiana, leads him to risk all at the races, much against his better judgement. Mayhem ensues, with romantic intrigue, mistaken identity and a runaway horse. A glorious British comedy, Dandy Dick is a rarely seen treasure that so richly deserves to be revived again, for the first time in almost fifteen years.