The King and I

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Event The King and I
Venue Opera House, New Plymouth, New Zealand
First Date 1961
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description Anna Leonowens, a young English widow, arrives with her son Louis in Bangkok, capital of the kingdom of Siam, in the early 1860's. She has been engaged by the King to teach English and Western ideas to his family of many wives and many more children.
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Musical
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Richard Rodgers Book and Lyrics Librettist
Audrey Barlow Choreographer
Erika Lagore Choreographer
Cydie Strang Director
Murray Hewson Musical Director
Oscar Hammerstein II Musician
Works
Text Nationality United States of America
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 197636