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Lun Tha presents the King with a gift: the beautiful, independent-minded young Tuptim, who speaks and reads English. She has been sent to join the King’s wives, all of whom live in the royal palace. Though she is promised to the King, Tuptim is in love with Lun Tha (“My Lord and Master”).
Music by Richard Rodgers | Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Based on Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon | Original Choreography by Jerome ...
The original Broadway production of The King and I went on to win five Tony Awards – Best Actress (Gertrude Lawrence), Best Featured Actor (Yul Brynner), Best Costumes, Best Scenic Design and Best Musical – and was performed 1,246 times.
Jan 31, 2024 · Bartlett Sher’s gingerly feminist take on the problematic mid-century musical has superb dancing but is ponderously paced
Kelli O’Hara and Ken Watanabe star in a Tony Award-winning revival of the beloved musical about a British schoolteacher instructing the royal children of the King of Siam, featuring classic ...
Mar 12, 2015 · Two worlds collide in this classic musical directed by Bartlett Sher (South Pacific). The year is 1862, and British schoolteacher Anna Leonowens has arrived in Siam to instruct the royal children.
Set in 1860s Bangkok, the musical tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna, a British schoolteacher whom the modernist King, in an imperialistic world, brings to Siam to teach his many wives and children.
