Gertrude Lawrence
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Gertrude Lawrence was an English actress, singer, dancer and musical comedy performer known for her stage appearances in the West End of London and on Broadway in New York.
Lawrence in 1947
Lawrence in 1917
With Noël Coward in London Calling!
Lawrence and Noël Coward in Private Lives
The King and I
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The King and I is the fifth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on Margaret Landon's novel Anna and the King of Siam, which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowen
Gertrude Lawrence
…she replied asking him to investigate the cost of installing a swimming pool on the property. "Early in September [1951, during the Broadway run of The King and I]", wrote Lawrence's widower Richard Aldrich, "she calmly announced that she had accepted an appointment to the Faculty of Columbia University, in the…
Original Broadway poster (1951)
King Mongkut (far right) with his heir Chulalongkorn seated next to him and some of his other children. A wife is seated at left.
Mongkut with Chulalongkorn, dressed in naval uniforms
Rodgers (left) and Hammerstein