The King and I is a musical the fifth by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. The musical’s plot relates the experiences of Anna a British schoolteacher hired as part of the King’s drive to modernize his country.
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author
Oscar Hammerstein II
award
Tony Award for Best Musical, Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
based on
Anna and the King of Siam (novel), Margaret Landon
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