Why is there no stage version of THE COURT JESTER?
Why is there no stage version of THE COURT JESTER?
roquat
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#1Why is there no stage version of THE COURT JESTER?
Posted: 2/18/08 at 1:59pmTHE COURT JESTER--surely one of the funniest and most swashbuckling movies of all time! It would need a few more songs to pad out the marvellous Sylvia Fine originals, but the settings are fairly simple (there are probably fewer locations than, say, CAMELOT) and the adaptation wouldn't have to change much. Of course, it's hard to find a Danny Kaye equal these days. If anyone else thinks this is a good idea, how would you cast it today? (Douglas Sills?)
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roquat
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#2re: Why is there no stage version of THE COURT JESTER?
Posted: 2/18/08 at 4:14pmAnd how about Sutton Foster in the Angela Lansbury "princess" part and Andrea Martin as the witch? (I can't think of anyone to play the boring Glynis Johns part, though--or who would want to.)
I ask in all honesty/What would life be?/Without a song and a dance, what are we?/So I say "Thank you for the music/For giving it to me."
#2re: Why is there no stage version of THE COURT JESTER?
Posted: 2/18/08 at 5:54pmi absolutely love this movie and could easily see it on stage. I actually just recently lent my copy of this movie to a friend of mine who wants to expand his knowledge of musicals.
roquat
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#3re: Why is there no stage version of THE COURT JESTER?
Posted: 2/18/08 at 11:11pmSo who would you cast in the leads today?
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#4re: Why is there no stage version of THE COURT JESTER?
Posted: 2/18/08 at 11:52pm
I have been asking this question for years.
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#5re: Why is there no stage version of THE COURT JESTER?
Posted: 2/19/08 at 12:02amI love this movie, It's one of those pieces I would love to write an adaptation for, however unlikely of it happening.
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Josh Freilich
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#6re: Why is there no stage version of THE COURT JESTER?
Posted: 2/19/08 at 12:15am
I did a thread on that not too long ago:
I thought of these people:
Roger Bart, Nathan Lane, Douglas Sills: Hubert Hawkins
Sutton Foster, Mara Davi, Susan Egan: Princess
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#7re: Why is there no stage version of THE COURT JESTER?
Posted: 2/19/08 at 1:35am
I was thinking of Roger Bart as the Jester mainly cause people compared him to Danny Kaye (when Young Frankenstein started) since they are both awesome at doing tongue twisters.
I would love a stage version of Court Jester. Favorite Danny Kaye movie.
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#8re: Why is there no stage version of THE COURT JESTER?
Posted: 2/19/08 at 4:02amYes, there was a thread about this and I posted about the rights and the history.
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