The King and I

  • Anna Leonowens
  • The King
  • Prince Chulalongkorn
  • Louis Leonowens
  • Lady Thiang
  • Tupim
  • Lun Tha
  • Kralahome
  • Sir Edward Ramsey

The King and I is a musical by Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II ( text ) based on the novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon, which was published in 1944. The Broadway premiere took place on March 29, 1951 at the St. James Theatre in New York.

Action

Anna Leonowens, the widow of an English officer, comes in 1860 as a teacher at the court of the King of Siam. In order to revamp the poor image of the Siamese a little, they should His Highness teach the foundations of Western civilization whose 67 children and countless major and minor women. Quick, the feisty Englishwoman, blessed with all the virtues and eccentricities of the glorious Empire, the palace thoroughly on the head and is not afraid to offer the authoritarian King Paroli. When the king hears of the impending arrival of a British diplomat, threatens the real thing: For the state banquet and no one from the roll falls, Anna leaves detention the court without further ado, the women seeded Western manners and taught the Siamese en passant also still the same the merits of the constitutional monarchy, the Christian monogamy and the abolition of slavery.

Background

The then unknown Yul Brynner played in the original production of the king, a role that he played in the revivals of 1977 and 1985. He himself said that he was in 1951 for the role was too young and took his own representation of the king in the recovery therefore successful. Even in the later film version of the musical, he played the king.

The songs of musicals, including " Hello, Young Lovers ," " Shall We Dance", and " Getting To Know You " and "I Whistle A Happy Tune" can, seen as a prototype for Rodgers & Hammerstein's later great musical success of The Sound of Music be.

Films

In 1956, the musical under the title The King and I was filmed. Directed by Walter Lang. The main roles was to see Deborah Kerr as Anna and Yul Brynner as the King of Siam. The film was able to build on the success of the piece. In 1999, a remake of the film under the name of Anna and the King in the theaters. Jodie Foster plays the role of Anna Leonowens here.

The songs

  • " Overture" - Orchestra
  • " I Whistle a Happy Tune" - Anna and Louis
  • " My Lord and Master" - Tuptim
  • "Hello, Young Lovers " - Anna
  • "The March of the Siamese Children" - Orchestra
  • " Home Sweet Home" ( scene in front of the curtain ) - Priest and children
  • "A Puzzlement " - King
  • "The Royal Bangkok Academy" - Anna, wives and children
  • "Getting to Know You " - Anna, wives and children
  • "We Kiss in a Shadow " - Tuptim and Lun Tha
  • "A Puzzlement " (repeat) - Louis and Prince Chululongkorn
  • " Shall I Tell You What I Think of You? " - Anna
  • "Something Wonderful" - Lady Thiang
  • "Something Wonderful" (repeat) - Lady Thiang
  • "Finale ", Act One - King of the entire court
  • " Entr'acte " - Orchestrer
  • " Western People Funny " - Lady Thiang and Wives
  • "I Have Dreamed " - Tuptim and Lun Tha
  • "Hello, Young Lovers " (repeat) - Anna
  • " The Small House of Uncle Thomas" ( Ballet ) - Tuptim and Wives
  • "Song of the King" - King
  • " Shall We Dance? " - Anna and the king
  • " I Whistle a Happy Tune" (repeat) - Anna

Awards

Broadway theatre Tony Award for Best Musical
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