Will Hay
Vicar the Rev. Richard Jedd
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Dandy Dick is a three-act farce by Arthur Wing Pinero, first performed in London in 1887. It depicts the complications arising when a respectable clergyman is persuaded to bet on a horse race to subsidise building works on his church. The play has been revived several times and has been adapted for the cinema, radio and television.
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Language. English. Dandy Dick is a 1935 British comedy film starring Will Hay. It was based on the 1887 play Dandy Dick by Arthur Wing Pinero. It is the second and last of his films to be based on a play by Arthur Wing Pinero – the first was Those Were the Days which was based on The Magistrate.
- March 1935 (UK)
- Walter C. Mycroft
Sep 7, 2012 · [Pg 5] INTRODUCTORY NOTE. “Dandy Dick” was the third of the farces which Mr. Pinero wrote for the old Court Theatre—a series of plays which, besides giving playgoers a fresh source of laughter, and the English stage a new order of comic play, brought plentiful prosperity to the joint management of Mr. Arthur Cecil and the late Mr. John Clayton.
Sep 27, 2017 · Dandy Dick. Arthur Wing Pinero (1855 - 1934) “Dandy Dick” was the third of the farces which Mr. Pinero wrote for the old Court Theatre—a series of plays which, besides giving playgoers a fresh source of laughter, and the English stage a new order of comic play, brought plentiful prosperity to the joint management of Mr. Arthur Cecil and the late Mr. John Clayton.
Jun 21, 2019 · Join us for another live film showing at 9pm this evening! Will Hay plays the Rev. Richard Jedd, a vicar who lives in the country with his daughter and grandson. When he discovers he owns a share in a racehorse, Jedd must now put his principles aside and attempt to save the church by gambling...
Jul 4, 2012 · Dandy Dick – review. N ew ventures are always welcome and this show marks an attempt to restore this handsome 1807 theatre to its function as a producing house that can feed work into the West ...
