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Once Upon a Mattress is a 2005 made-for-television musical comedy film directed by Kathleen Marshall. The teleplay by Janet Brownell is based on the 1959 musical of the same name, which in turn was based on the 1835 fairytale The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen.
Dec 18, 2005 · Once Upon A Mattress. Rating: PG. Release Date: December 18, 2005. Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical. Queen Aggravain sabotages the efforts of every young princess who hopes to marry her son, Prince Dauntless -- and no one else can settle down until he does!
Will Sir Harry bring home a princess fit for Prince Dauntless the Drab? Once Upon a Mattress is a hilarious musical comedy perfect for the whole family!
A fractured retelling of the classic "The Princess and The Pea."
Once Upon a Mattress is a musical comedy with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer, and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer. It opened off-Broadway in May 1959, and then moved to Broadway. The play was written as a humorous adaptation of the 1835 Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea".
A domineering queen (Carol Burnett) devises a nearly impossible test for the princess (Tracey Ullman) her son (Denis O'Hare) wishes to marry.
- Musical, Comedy
Once Upon a Mattress. Queen Aggravain sabotages the efforts of every young princess who hopes to marry her son, Prince Dauntless—and decrees no one else can wed until he does. But since Honorable Sir Harry is determined to marry the lovely Lady Larken, he sets off for faraway lands to find a match for the Prince.
