A Connecticut Yankee
Vanderbilt Theatre
Previews Began: -
Opening Night: November 3, 1927
Closing Night: October 27, 1928
Music: Richard Rodgers
Lyrics: Lorenz Hart
Book: Herbert Fields
Martin is about to get married to Fay Morgan but is knocked in the head when she sees him talking to his former fiancée, Alice. While he is knocked out he dreams of being in the court of King Arthur and gaining immense wealth and prestige by industrializing the realm. During the dream he falls in love with the Demoiselle Alisande who is then kidnapped by the king’s evil sister, Queen Morgan Le Fay. He rescues her just as he wakes up and realizes that he should be marrying Alice instead of Fay.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Ladies’ Home Companion……..Queen Morgan Le Fay,
Principals, Ensemble
My Heart Stood Still………………..Martin, Alice Carter,
Ensemble
Thou Swell………………………………………………….Martin,
Demoiselle Alisande la Carteloise
At the Round Table…..King Arthur of Britain, Merlin,
Sir Launcelot of the Lake,
Sir Galahad, Knights, Ladies
On a Desert Island with Thee……………….Sir Galahad,
Mistress Evelyn Al Belle-Ans,
Knights, Ladies
My Heart Stood Still (Reprise)……………………..Martin,
Demoiselle Alisande la Carteloise
ACT TWO
Nothing’s Wrong…..Demoiselle Alisande la Carteloise
I Feel At Home With You……………………..Sir Galahad,
Mistress Evelyn Al Belle-Ans,
Ensemble
The Sandwich Men……………………………………..Knights
Evelyn, What Do You,
Say?………………Mistress Evelyn Al Belle-Ans, Knights
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Ward Arnold Ensemble
Charles Bannister Ensemble
Olive Bertram Ensemble
Chester Bree Sir Tristan
Ensemble
Arnold Brown Ensemble
Nana Bryant Fay Morgan
Queen Morgan Le Fay
Gordon Burby Albert Kay
Sir Kay the Seneschal
Constance Carpenter Alice Carter
Demoiselle Alisande la Carteloise
June Cochrane Mistress Evelyn Al Belle-Ans
Margaret Collins Ensemble
Grace Connelly Ensemble
John Creighton Sir Bors
Ensemble
Martin Denis Ensemble
Regina Diamond Mistress Phoebe Sauce de Pommes
Enez Early Ensemble
Paul Everton Arthur Pendragos
King Arthur of Britain
Ednor Fulling Ensemble
William Gaxton Martin
The Yankee
Harriet Hammill Ensemble
Jane Hurd Ensemble
Fred Jordan Ensemble
Leoda Knapp Ensemble
Katharine Kohler Queen Guinevere
Helen Mann Ensemble
Dan McGovern Ensemble
Margaret Miller Ensemble
Jack Morton Ensemble
John Morton Sir Sagramor
Marion Nevins Ensemble
William Norris Merlin
Merlin
Frank Norton Ensemble
William Rosell Lawrence Lake
Sir Launcelot of the Lake
Dorothy Rubino Ensemble
Evelyn Ruh Maid Angela
Jack Thompson Gerald Lake
Sir Galahad
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