Windsor and Wally's Affair

[Glebb]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 6:22pm

Are there many plays and or musicals about Monarchs?

Posted: 7/31/05 at 6:28pm

Here's what I came up with to start

musicals
REX
PIPPIN
THE KING AND I
GODSPELL (Jesus, King of the Jews) [Hey, I'd count it]
GOODTIME CHARLEY


plays
VICTORIA REGINA
MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS
RICHARD III
KING LEAR
HAMLET
and the remaining history plays of Shakespeare
BECKET

[shira467]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 6:30pm

Camelot

[Glebb]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 6:37pm

'Jesus Christ Superstar' - King Herod

'Anastasia' - Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna and according to the play, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholaievna

Does the Dauphin have lines in 'Saint Joan'?

[Glebb]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 7:02pm

Shira, is that you in your avatar??

Oh, just thought of another:
Pharaoh in "Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"

[Elphaba]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 7:25pm

also under musicals

Thomas and the King
princess Diana: The Musical
Elisabeth
Ludwig II

[Jon]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 7:26pm

Spamalot
A Connecticut Yankee
Once Upon a Mattress
Cinderella
Into the Woods

all have kings, queens, princes or princesses in them...

[Elphaba]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 7:31pm

yijes, how could we forget Spamalot?????

Also, that old favorite, The Student Prince

[PalJoey]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 7:45pm

There are quite a few involving queens...

[Glebb]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 7:53pm

LOL! PalJoey - thou swell, thou witty, thou GRAND!!!!

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 8:13pm

ANYA -- the musical version of ANASTASIA


MY FAIR LADY was "influenced" by the tale of the mythical king Pygmalion


GYPSY was the "queen of the strip-tease"


THE SLEEPING PRINCE, its film version THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL and its musical version THE GIRL WHO CAME TO SUPPER

[Kringas]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 8:58pm

Anne of the Thousand Days

[Kringas]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 8:59pm

and

We Will Rock You

[Glebb]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 8:59pm

Oh, good one Kringas!
I love the film.

[Kringas]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 9:00pm

I do, too, Glebb. One of my favorites.

[Glebb]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 9:02pm

"And I have a little neck."

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 9:03pm

Not a musical, but Pia Zadora starred in the movie BUTTERFLY.

[Kringas]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 9:05pm

"My Elizabeth will be queen..."

Edited to Add: And you know what? She was.

Updated On: 7/31/05 at 09:05 PM

Posted: 7/31/05 at 9:13pm

St. JOAN (the Dauphin was royalty)

THE PRODUCERS (the King of Broadway)

THE LION IN WINTER (terrific play, even better film)

[Kringas]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 9:16pm

Possibly Call Me Madam?

Posted: 7/31/05 at 9:17pm

Yes! and

THE MERRY WIDOW

[wildcat]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 10:18pm

And two Aussie musicals actually ABOUT Windsor and Wally's affair...ALWAYS, which flopped hideously on the West End a couple of years ago, and WALLIS, which I don't think got any further than several workshops and a concept album starring Michael Cormick (WOMAN IN WHITE).

[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 10:23pm

Evita

[Glebb]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 8:18am

Not on stage but I love 'Edward and Mrs. Simpson' the BBC series.

Posted: 8/1/05 at 9:57am

Did anyone mention Boy From Oz? I understand Hugh Jackman played a queen in that one.