The King And I (Original Broadway Cast)

Amazon.com Yul Brynner made a career out of playing the King of Siam. He owns it so much that it's disconcerting to see Rex Harrison play it in the film version of Anna & the King of Siam, the play Rodgers and Hammerstein adapted. Ironically, the still-unknown Brynner wasn't the star of the 1951 production; he's billed below British grande dame Gertrude Lawrence (played by Julie Andrews in the biopic Star!), who died during the play's run, and curio value is the only real reason for this recording in 1998. Sound quality is below standard, much like MCA other early Decca original cast albums, and Brynner was still too young to bring the majestic authority to the role he did in both the film and later stage versions. --Bill Holdship
ASIN: B000002OE1
VSKU: HBSV.B000002OE1.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Oscar Hammerstein II|Richard Rodgers|Yul Brynner|Frederick Dvonch|Doretta Morrow|Gertrude Lawrence|Dorothy Sarnoff
Binding: Audio cd
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Condition Notes: Discs is in good condition and comes in original case with original artwork.