| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews for 'A King and I', adapted from 'Anna and the King of Siam' by Margaret Landon; with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; printed flyers on front cover and inside [1953-1955]; includes programme with cast list with script dates and inserted notices of changes in cast members [1953]; press article from "The Sunday Times" Jan 1954 on Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein; magazine extracts of photographs of cast members in scenes from the musical and the story [1953]; magazine cutting from "Illustrated" Oct 1953, a feature on leading cast member Valerie Hobson in rehearsals for the musical; also includes magazine cutting of an article by Frank Granville Barker on the history of the novel and the play
Performed at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, 8 Oct 1953, closing performance, 14 Jan 1956 (946 performances); presented by Williamson Music Ltd; directed by John van Druten; production under the supervision of Jerome Whyte; settings and lighting by Jo Mielziner; costumes by Irene Sharaff; choreography by Jerome Robbins; dances reproduced by June Graham; musical director Reginald Burston; orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett; music by Richard Rodgers; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
On tour: 1956: The Hippodrome, Bristol; The Royal Theatre, Birmingham; The Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool; The Royal Theatre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; The Grand Theatre, Leeds; The Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth; The Coventry Theatre; The Empire Theatre, Sheffield; The Opera House, Manchester; 1957: The Kings Theatre,
USA: The St James Theatre, New York 1951 (details as for London production)
Casts: John Harvey, Roy Grant, Valerie Hobson, Shaym Bahudur, Martin Benson, Herbert Lom, Thomas Hare, Jan Muzurus, Doreen Duke, Muriel Smith, Timothy Brooking, Virginia Tarleton, Ronald Leigh Hunt, Danuta Karell, Ann Roberts, Eve Lister, George Pastell, Sonya Hana, Ivor (Ifor) Emmanuel, Leoni Page, Anne Martin, Ann Pidgeon, James Appleby, Gertrude Lawrence, Margaret Landon, Yul Brynner, Dorothy Sarnoff, Doretta Morrow, Robin Craven, Constance Carpenter, Nan Williams, Helen Landis, Peter Evans, Jacqueline Chan |