Muny Archive

Vagabond King, The

Music: Ruudolf Friml
Lyrics: Brian Hooker, W. H. Post and Russell Janney
Book: Brian Hooker, W. H. Post and Russell Janney
Notes: A musical play based on Justin Huntley McCarthy's IF I WERE KING.
Production Year: 1935
Synopsis:
Villon is a drunkard, a pickpocket and a braggart, but also a poet. The King of France, hearing Villon boasting, makes him King for a Day with this proviso: If Villon can win the hand of Lady Katherine during that 24 hours, then he may live. If not, he will hang.
 

Cast Member

Role

Guy Tabarie
An astrologer
Altar Boys
Johanneton
Casin Cholet
Tristan L'Hermite
Noel LeJolys
Oliver DeLain
Lady Mary
Rene D'Montigny
Toisan D'Or
Capt. Of Scotch Archers
Louis XI
Master of the hunt
Ballerina
Hugette DuHamel
Francois Villon
Court Ladies
Dame DeChase
Court Ladies
Thibaut D'Aussigny
Katherine DeVaucelles