ONCE UPON A
MATTRESS
 


Based on The Princess and the Pea. Princess Winnifred arrives at Prince Dauntless the Drab's castle hoping for the hand of the prince. His mother Queen Agravain insists that her son can only marry a princess of true blood (one can can feel a pea that is underneath a pile of matresses). Winnifred passes the test, unable to sleep all night from discomfort and they live happily ever after.

 

BROADWAY PREMIERE
May 11, 1959, played 460 performances

REVIVAL
December 19, 1996, played 188 performances
 
COMPOSER
Mary Rodgers

LYRICIST
Marshall Barer

LIBRETTIST
Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer
 
ORIGINAL CAST
Joseph Bova, Carol Burnett, Allen Case, Jack Gilford, Anne Jones, Matt Mattox, Harry Snow, and Jane White

DIRECTOR
George Abbott

CHOREOGRAPHER
Joe Layton
 
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

PRODUCTION RIGHTS
R&H Theatricals

LYRICS
libretto.musicals.ru
 
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