A Connecticut Yankee 1927
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- Thou Swell
- At the round table
- On a desert island with thee
- Nothing's wrong
- Finale, act one (Hymm to the sun)
- I feel at home with you
- The sandwich man
- Evely, what do you say? (Morgana Le Fay)
- I blush (Dropped before the New York opening)
- You are what I need (Dropped before the New York opening)
- Someone should tell me (Dropped before the New York opening)
- Britain's own ambassadors (Dropped during rehearsals)
- My Heart Stood Still
- A ladies's home companion
Music by Richard Rodgers
Produced by Lew Fields
Book by Herbert Fields adapted from A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court
Directed by Alexander Leftwich
Choreoghraphy ??
Starring: William Gaxton and Costance Carpenter
It ran for 418 performances.
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The story opened with a prologue, in which Martin (the Yankee) is visiting his former fiancée, Alice Carter, on the eve of his marriage to Fay Morgan. Discovering them together, Fay knocks Martin out with a champagne bottle; while he is unconscious, Martin dreams he is back in Camelot in the days of King Arthur. He falls in love with Demoiselle Alisande Le Carteloise (a.k.a. Sandy), "a damosel who's as dumbas'ell - but sweet". Dubbed "Sir Boss", he is in put in charge to industrializing the country. Working on a percentage basis, Sir Boss creates a one-man revolution by introducing telephones, advertising and radio to the astonished Knights of the Round Table. The King's evil sister Morgana Le Fay (a non-singing role in the original production), has Alisande Kidnapped, but Sir Boss rescues her just before awakening. Back in the present day, he realizes it is Alice not Fay, whom he really loves.
The song My Heart Stood Still was originally written for One Dam Thing After Another and had to be bought back for $5000 to be put in A Connecticut Yankee.
The song Thou Swell left the audience cold after the show opened in Philadelphia and after 3 weeks it still hadn't grown on anybody but Richard Rodgers insisted it be left in the show until it opened in New York, They never considered removing the song again.
Connecticut Yankee TV cast (AEI)
A Connecticut Yankee 78 record album (Decca Album # DA 367)
Connecticut Yankee ?? (Earl Wrightson, Elaine Malbin, with Al Goodman Orchestra.)
Connecticut Yankee Original revival Cast (A.K.A. Collector's Rodgers and Hart) (encore)
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