A Connecticut Yankee
Vanderbilt Theatre
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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
This Is My Night to Howl……..Fay Morgan, Ensemble
My Heart Stood Still…………………Martin, Alice Carter
Thou Swell………………………………Martin, Alice Carter
At the Round Table…………………………………..Company
On a Desert Island with Thee……………….Sir Galahad,
Mistress Evelyn Al Belle-Ans,
Sir Gawain, Ensemble
To Keep My Love Alive………….Queen Morgan Le Fay
My Heart Stood Still (Reprise)……………………..Martin,
Demoiselle Alisande la Carteloise
ACT TWO
Ye Lunchtime Follies…………….Sir Galahad, Ensemble
Can’t You Do a Friend a Favor?…………………….Martin,
Queen Morgan Le Fay
Thou Swell (Reprise)……………………………………Martin,
Demoiselle Alisande la Carteloise
I Feel At Home With You……………………..Sir Galahad,
Mistress Evelyn Al Belle-Ans,
Sir Gawain, Ensemble
You Always Love the Same Girl……………………Martin,
King Arthur of Britain
The Camelot Samba……………….Sir Gawain, Ensemble
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Katherine Anderson Queen Guinevere
Mimi Berry Maid Angela
Dorothy Blute Dancing Girl
Tad Bruce Dancing Boy
Carole Burke Dancing Girl
Buster Burnell Dancing Boy
Robert Byrn Lt. (J.G.) Kenneth Kay
Sir Kay the Seneschal
Stuart Casey Capt. Lawrence Lake
Sir Launcelot of the Lake
John Cherry Judge Thurston Merrill
Merlin
Robert Chisholm Admiral Arthur K. Arthur
King Arthur of Britain
Pittman Corry Dancing Boy
Marjorie Cowen Singing Girl
Frank De Winters Dancing Boy
Eleanor Eberle Dancing Girl
Bee Farnum Dancing Girl
Dick Foran Lt. Martin Barrett
Lester Freedman Singing Boy
Bob Gari Dancing Boy
Virginia Gorski Dancing Girl
Toni Hart Singing Girl
Vincent Henry Singing Boy
Craig Holden Singing Boy
William Hunter Dancing Boy
Janet Joy Dancing Girl
Hal Loman Dancing Boy
William Lundy Dancing Boy
Jack Lyons Dancing Boy
Rose Marie Magrill Dancing Girl
Frances Martone Dancing Girl
Linda Mason Singing Girl
Mary McDonnell Dancing Girl
Wayne McIntyre Singing Boy
Jere McMahon Ensign Allan Gwynn
Sir Gawain
Beth Nichols Dancing Girl
Murnai Pins Dancing Girl
Dorothy Poplar Dancing Girl
Joyce Ring Dancing Girl
Rosemary Sankey Dancing Girl
Vivienne Segal Lt. Fay Merrill
Queen Morgan Le Fay
Chester Stratton Ensign Gerald Lake
Sir Galahad
Helen Vent Dancing Girl
Vera-Ellen Mistress Evelyn Al Belle-Ans
Julie Warren Corp. Alice Courtleigh
Demoiselle Alisande la Carteloise
Martha Emma Watson Singing Girl
Violetta Weems Dancing Girl
Doris York Dancing Girl
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