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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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Carol Burnett → notableWork → Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ