Once Upon a Mattress

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Broadway musical musical comedy stage musical

Once Upon a Mattress is a 1959 Broadway musical comedy, a spoof of "The Princess and the Pea," that helped launch Carol Burnett to stardom.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Once Upon a Mattress canonical 22
Once Upon a Mattress (musical) 3
Once Upon a Mattress (1959 stage musical) 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
musical comedy ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
actStructure two acts ⓘ
basedOn The Princess and the Pea ⓘ
bookBy Dean Fuller ⓘ
Jay Thompson ⓘ
Marshall Barer ⓘ
broadwayTransferDate 1959-11-25 ⓘ
composer Mary Rodgers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuredPerformer Carol Burnett ⓘ
genre fairy-tale musical ⓘ
musical comedy ⓘ
parody ⓘ
hasAdaptation television musical adaptation ⓘ
hasCharacter King Sextimus ⓘ
Lady Larken ⓘ
Prince Dauntless ⓘ
Queen Aggravain ⓘ
Sir Harry ⓘ
helpedLaunchCareerOf Carol Burnett ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Marshall Barer ⓘ
musicalForm book musical ⓘ
notableSong Happily Ever After ⓘ
In a Little While ⓘ
Sensitivity ⓘ
Shy ⓘ
originalBroadwayCity New York City ⓘ
originalBroadwayCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
originalBroadwayOpeningYear 1959 ⓘ
originalBroadwayTheatre Alvin Theatre ⓘ
originalProductionType Off-Broadway production ⓘ
period 1950s Broadway ⓘ
plotFocus a test of a princess using a pea under many mattresses ⓘ
premiereDate 1959-05-11 ⓘ
premiereLocation Off-Broadway ⓘ
productionMedium live theatre ⓘ
roleCreated Princess Winnifred the Woebegone ⓘ
setting a fictional medieval kingdom ⓘ
starred Carol Burnett ⓘ
style comic retelling of a fairy tale ⓘ
subjectMatter fairy-tale satire ⓘ
royal courtship ⓘ
subjectOf cast recordings ⓘ
targetAudience general audience ⓘ
transferredTo Broadway ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carol Burnett → notableWork → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
Marc Platt → notableWork → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Once Upon a Mattress (2005 TV film)
Mary Rodgers → notableWork → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
Carol Creighton Burnett → notableWork → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
Herbert Greene → notableWork → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Once Upon a Mattress (Broadway production)
Kevin Lima → directed → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
George Abbott → notableWork → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
Jay Thompson → notableWork → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
Dean Fuller → notableWork → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
Dean Fuller → coAuthorOf → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
Dean Fuller → title → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
subject surface form: Once Upon a Mattress
Princess Winnifred the Woebegone → appearsIn → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
Shy → partOf → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
Shy → fromWork → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
Shy → originalProduction → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Once Upon a Mattress (Off‑Broadway, 1959)
Sensitivity → partOf → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
Sensitivity → musicalFrom → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
Sensitivity → firstPerformanceIn → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Once Upon a Mattress (1959 Broadway production)
Happily Ever After → partOf → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
subject surface form: Happily Ever After (song)
this entity surface form: Once Upon a Mattress (musical)
Happily Ever After → firstPerformanceIn → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
subject surface form: Happily Ever After (song)
this entity surface form: Once Upon a Mattress (original production)
Happily Ever After → isStandoutNumberOf → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
subject surface form: Happily Ever After (song)
this entity surface form: Once Upon a Mattress (musical)
Happily Ever After → performedByCharacterIn → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
subject surface form: Happily Ever After (song)
this entity surface form: Once Upon a Mattress (musical)
Queen Aggravain → appearsIn → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
Queen Aggravain → createdForWork → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
Prince Dauntless → appearsIn → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
Prince Dauntless → firstAppearance → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Once Upon a Mattress (1959 stage premiere)
King Sextimus → appearsIn → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
King Sextimus → firstAppearance → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Once Upon a Mattress (1959 stage musical)
Lady Larken → appearsIn → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
Lady Larken → fictionalUniverse → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
Lady Larken → firstAppearance → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Once Upon a Mattress (1959 stage musical)
Sir Harry → appearsIn → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
Sir Harry → createdForWork → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
Sir Harry → debutWork → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Once Upon a Mattress (1959 stage premiere)