Question
After becoming wealthy, this man marries Alice, the daughter of his boss Fitzwilliam. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this real-life Mayor of London and the main character of an English folktale titled for him “and his Cat.” This man seems to hear the phrase “Turn again” in the tolling of bells.
ANSWER: Dick Whittington [or Richard Whittington]
[10m] The story of Dick Whittington is a common subject of these British Christmastime performances. Many of these plays are themed around fairy tales and feature a young woman playing the Principal Boy.
ANSWER: pantomimes [reject “mime shows” or word forms]
[10e] The story of Dick Whittington was also used as the basis for one of these songs. These narrative songs, which name an ABCB rhyme scheme, were often circulated in broadsheet form.
ANSWER: ballads
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, British Literature>
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