Overview

Dandy Dick tells the hilarious story of the Very Reverend Augustin Jedd, a pillar of Victorian respectability, who preaches regularly against the evils of the Turf. But a visit from his tearaway sister, herself a habitual gambler, leads him to risk all at the races, much against his better judgement. Mayhem ensues, with romantic intrigue, mistaken identity and a runaway horse...Adaptation by Christopher Luscombe of a classic British farce written in 1887 by Arthur Wing Pinero, an actor and important British dramatist and stage director.