Once Upon a Mattress

Once Upon a Mattress is a critically-acclaimed musical comedy that opened on Broadway on May 11, 1959 and ran for 460 performances. The play was written as an adaptation of the fairy tale The Princess and the Pea. The show's music was written by Mary Rodgers with lyrics by Marshall Barer. The book was written by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer.

Musical numbers

• Many Moons Ago (Minstrel)
• An Opening For a Princess (Dauntless, Ensemble)
• In a Little While (Harry, Larken)
• Shy (Winnifred, Ensemble)
• Sensitivity (Queen, Wizard)
• The Minstrel, the Jester, and I (Minstrel, Jester, King)
• The Swamps of Home (Winnifred, Dauntless, Ladies)
• Normandy (Minstrel, Jester, King, Larken)
• Spanish Panic (Queen, Ensemble)
• Song of Love (Dauntless, Winnifred, Ensemble)
• Quiet (Queen, Ensemble)
• Happily Ever After (Winnifred)
• Man To Man Talk (Dauntless, King)
• Very Soft Shoes (Jester)
• Yesterday I Loved You (Harry, Larken)
• Nightingale Lullaby (Winnifred, Nightingale)
• Epilogue (Ensemble)