The King and I

The King and I is a musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, with a script based on Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. The plot comes from the autobiographical story of Anna Leonowens, who became governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s.

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Musical - Richard Rodgers - Oscar Hammerstein II - Anna and the King of Siam - Margaret Landon - Anna Leonowens - Mongkut - Siam - 1860s

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The musical opened on Broadway on March 29, 1951 and starred Gertrude Lawrence as Anna, and a then mostly unknown Yul Brynner as the King. The show was filmed in 1956 with Brynner re-creating his role opposite Deborah Kerr. Brynner won an Oscar as Best Actor for his portrayal, and Kerr was nominated as Best Actress. Brynner reprised the role twice on Broadway in 1977 and 1985, and in a short-lived TV sitcom in 1972, Anna and the King.

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Broadway - 1951 - Gertrude Lawrence - Yul Brynner - 1956 - Deborah Kerr - Oscar - Best Actor - Best Actress - 1977 - 1985 - 1972

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A television series, Anna and the King, was created in 1972, giving credit to Margaret Landon for the creation.

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Television series - 1972 - Margaret Landon

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In 1946, Rex Harrison and Irene Dunne starred in the film Anna and the King of Siam; and in 1999, 20th Century Fox released a non-musical remake, named Anna and the King. This version starred Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat. The two non-musical versions contain considerable variations from the original stories, from the musical, and from one another.

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1946 - Rex Harrison - Irene Dunne - 1999 - 20th Century Fox - Anna and the King - Jodie Foster - Chow Yun-Fat

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Also in 1999, an animated version of The King and I was released by Warner Bros.; it was also a musical, but except for using some of the songs, it was unrelated to the Rodgers and Hammerstein version.

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