Once Upon a Mattress
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Directed by Dave Powers, Ron Field
The second television adaptation of the Broadway classic.
The story
The second television adaptation of Once Upon a Mattress was broadcast on December 12, 1972, on CBS. This production, videotaped in color, included original Broadway cast members Burnett, Gilford and White, and also featured Bernadette Peters as Lady Larken, Ken Berry as Prince Dauntless, Ron Husmann as Harry, and Wally Cox as The Jester. It was directed by Ron Field and Dave Powers. Again, several songs were eliminated and characters were combined or altered. Since the parts of the Minstrel and the Wizard were cut from this adaptation, a new prologue was written with Burnett singing "Many Moons Ago" as a bedtime story.
Cast & crew
Carol BurnettPrincess Winifred the Woebegone
Ken BerryPrince Dauntless
Bernadette PetersLady Larkin
Jack GilfordKing Sextimus
Wally CoxThe Jester
Nora DenneyLady Agatha
Leonard CrofootDancerExplore the crew
- Writer
- Jay Thompson
- Director
- Dave Powers
- Writer
- Dean Fuller
- Director
- Ron Field
- Writer
- Marshall Barer
- Producer
- Joe Hamilton
- Editor
- Bob Priest