Dick Whittington
This is the pirate version of Dick Whittington, where he goes in search of his fortune with entirely the wrong set of ship-mates. However, their sheer incompetence allows our hero to triumph and marry Alice, hooray!
There’s a handy cast of 11 main characters, or 12 if you count both humps on the camel, plus supporting pirates etc:
- Captain King, an unemployed pirate
- Truss Tar, an unable seaman
- Dick Whittington
- A London cat
- Polly the Cook
- Alderman FitzWarren
- Alice FitzWarren, his daughter
- Sir Conference Prune, the running joke
- Chief Rat
- Samuel the Camuel
- The Sultana of Tangiers, a trifle from the desert
Here’s a sample: