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- As already announced, Call the Midwife star Helen George will play the lead role of Anna in the show.
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Although the part of the King was only a supporting role to Lawrence's Anna, Hammerstein and Rodgers thought it essential that a well-known theatrical actor play it. The obvious choice was Rex Harrison, who had played the King in the movie, but he was booked, as was Noël Coward.
Anna Leonowens. A Welsh-born widow from Victorian England, Anna has been engaged by the King of Siam as teacher to the royal children. Though her late husband was an Officer in Her Majesty’s Army, Anna is visiting Siam for the first time.
- Gertrude Lawrence
- Angela Lansbury
- Barbara Cook
- Donna Murphy
- Kelli O’Hara
- Marin Mazzie
- Rachel York
Legendary British actress Gertrude Lawrence — friend, cast-mate and mischievous muse to the eternally witty Noël Coward — won a Tony Award as Anna Leonowens in the original 1951 Broadway production of “The King and I,” starring Yul Brynner as the King. It was the first time Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote a musical for a star. While they were concern...
Angela Lansbury lived-lived-LIVED in “Mame,” baked the worst pies in London in “Sweeney Todd” and solved all crimes great and small in TV’s “Murder, She Wrote.” But did you know this legendary star of stage and screen played Anna Leonowens in the 1977 Broadway revival of “The King and I,” starring opposite Yul Brynner? She took over the role for a ...
Whether she was dreaming of a white knight in “The Music Man” or swooning over vanilla ice cream in “She Loves Me,” Broadway darling Barbara Cook knew how to enchant audiences. In 1960, the beloved soprano played Anna Leonowens in an acclaimed New York City Center revival of “The King and I,” starring Farley Granger as the King. New York Times crit...
Broadway superstar Donna Murphy won her second Tony Award as Anna in the 1996 revival of “The King and I,” starring Lou Diamond Phillips. The celebrated actress, who recently wowed audiences as matchmaker extraordinaire Dolly Levi in the Tony-winning revival of “Hello, Dolly!,” was initially on the fence when offered the role, but she had a change ...
Kelli O’Hara won a Tony Award for her “ravishing” (Variety) portrayal of Anna Leonowens in Lincoln Center Theater’s 2015 revival of “The King and I,” starring Ken Watanabe. The “sumptuous” (The New York Times) production reunited her with director Bartlett Sher (“South Pacific,” “The Light in the Piazza”), and its 2018 London transfer marked her We...
When Kelli O’Hara left the Lincoln Center Theater production of “The King and I” in 2016, three-time Tony nominee Marin Mazzie — who lit up the Broadway stage in such roles as Clara in “Passion,” Mother in “Ragtime,” Lilli Vanessi in “Kiss Me, Kate” and Helen “Don’t speak!” Sinclair in “Bullets Over Broadway” — stepped in as Anna Leonowens for the ...
Throughout her career, Tony-winner Rachel York has put her colorful stamp on larger-than-life characters such as diva Dorothy Brock in “42ndStreet,” fur-obsessed villainess Cruella de Vil in “The 101 Dalmatians Musical” and ditsy-yet-determined showgirl Norma Cassidy in “Victor/Victoria,” to name an impressive few. For many years, she wanted to pla...
- Gertrude Lawrence. Legendary British actress Gertrude Lawrence – friend, castmate, and mischievous muse to the eternally witty Noël Coward – won a Tony Award as Anna Leonowens in the original 1951 Broadway production of The King and I, starring Yul Brynner as the King.
- Angela Lansbury. Angela Lansbury lived-lived-LIVED in Mame, baked the worst pies in London in Sweeney Todd, and solved all crimes great and small in TV’s Murder She Wrote.
- Barbara Cook. Whether she was dreaming of a white knight in The Music Man or swooning over vanilla ice cream in She Loves Me, Broadway darling Barbara Cook knew how to enchant audiences.
- Donna Murphy. Broadway superstar Donna Murphy won her second Tony Award as Anna in the 1996 revival of The King and I, starring Lou Diamond Phillips.
Oct 4, 2021 · In 1862, Anna Leonowens was offered the post by Tan Kim Chang, the consul in Singapore, and decided to teach the children and wives of the King of Siam. While in the fictional works, it is depicted that Anna was hired as a governess by the King of Siam, she was actually merely an English teacher.
- Bipin Dimri
It is the early 1860s when newly widowed Anna Leonowens and her son, Louis, set sail from their native England for Bangkok, Siam (now Thailand). Anna, still grieving, has set her sights on a new adventure and taken a position as the schoolteacher for the royal offspring of the King of Siam.
Jan 19, 2023 · As already announced, Call the Midwife star Helen George will play the lead role of Anna in the show. She will be joined by Broadway stage star Darren Lee (Chicago, Guys and Dolls) as the King of Siam, with Dean John-Wilson (The King and I) as Lun Tha, Marienella Phillips (Henry V) as Tuptim, and Cezarah Bonner as Lady Thiang.
