The King and I

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Broadway musical stage musical

The King and I is a classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical about the relationship between the King of Siam and a British schoolteacher, renowned for its memorable songs and exploration of cultural clash.

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The King and I (1951 Broadway production) 2
The King and I (1951 stage musical) 2
The King and I (1956 film) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
adaptation The King and I self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The King and I (1956 film)
basedOn Anna and the King of Siam ⓘ
memoirs of Anna Leonowens ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Margaret Landon ⓘ
bookBy Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED ⓘ
broadwayRevival 1977 Broadway revival of The King and I ⓘ
1985 Broadway revival of The King and I ⓘ
1996 Broadway revival of The King and I ⓘ
2015 Broadway revival of The King and I ⓘ
composer Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmAdaptationYear 1956 ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
period musical ⓘ
romantic musical ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED ⓘ
notable2015RevivalDirector Bartlett Sher ⓘ
notable2015RevivalLead Kelli O'Hara ⓘ
Ken Watanabe ⓘ
notable2015RevivalTheatre Vivian Beaumont Theater ⓘ
notableFilmActor Deborah Kerr ⓘ
Yul Brynner ⓘ
notableSong Getting to Know You ⓘ
Hello, Young Lovers ⓘ
I Have Dreamed ⓘ
I Whistle a Happy Tune ⓘ
March of the Siamese Children ⓘ
Shall We Dance ⓘ
surface form: Shall We Dance?

Something Wonderful ⓘ
We Kiss in a Shadow ⓘ
originalBroadwayLeads Gertrude Lawrence ⓘ
Yul Brynner ⓘ
originalChoreographer Jerome Robbins ⓘ
originalDirector John Van Druten ⓘ
premiereCity New York City ⓘ
premiereDate 1951-03-29 ⓘ
premierePlace St. James Theatre ⓘ
producedBy Rodgers and Hammerstein ⓘ
settingLocation Thailand ⓘ
surface form: Siam
settingPeriod 1860s ⓘ
subject Anna Leonowens ⓘ
King of Siam ⓘ
subjectOfDebate historical accuracy of Siam depiction ⓘ
portrayal of Asian culture ⓘ
theme East–West relations ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ
cultural clash ⓘ
education ⓘ
tradition versus modernity ⓘ
wonAward Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ

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The King and I → adaptation → The King and I self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The King and I (1956 film)
subject surface form: Getting to Know You
this entity surface form: The King and I (1951 musical)
We Kiss in a Shadow → associatedWork → The King and I ⓘ
this entity surface form: The King and I (1951 Broadway production)
We Kiss in a Shadow → associatedWork → The King and I ⓘ
this entity surface form: The King and I (1956 film adaptation)
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I Whistle a Happy Tune → fromMusical → The King and I ⓘ
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this entity surface form: The King and I (1951 stage musical)
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this entity surface form: The King and I (1951 Broadway production)
Alfred Drake → notableWork → The King and I ⓘ
Jay Blackton → notableWork → The King and I ⓘ
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Oscar Hammerstein II → notableWork → The King and I ⓘ
Richard Rodgers → notableWork → The King and I ⓘ
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Robert Russell Bennett → notableWork → The King and I ⓘ
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Rodgers and Hammerstein → notableWork → The King and I ⓘ
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this entity surface form: The King and I (musical) franchise
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Something Wonderful → partOfMusical → The King and I ⓘ
We Kiss in a Shadow → partOfMusical → The King and I ⓘ
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I Have Dreamed → partOfWork → The King and I ⓘ
I Whistle a Happy Tune → partOfWork → The King and I ⓘ
this entity surface form: The King and I (1956 film)