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...ideas, this spectacle of a king learning to govern from a governess, is sometimes touching, and far less insipid than the usual musicomedy romance. Gertrude Lawrence plays Anna with bright, at times even glaring, charm, and with the versatility of a governess particularly qualified to teach singing & dancing. Yul Brynner plays the King with scowling magnetism-with a born fierceness of manner that cannot hide his growing moral confusion...
...even if Mr. Hammerstein does not. As Anna, she sweeps across the stage with more charm and grace than it seems possible for a woman to command. Her voice is thin, but it is clear and sweet. And, as always, her high-comedy acting is a sheer delight, Yul Brynner, a veteran of "Lute Song," plays the King, and he brings to the part an excellent voice and some fine, convincing acting. Doretta Morrow and Dorothy Sarnoff are both impressive performers and singers, and they are both probably quite beautiful, underneath their Oriental make-up. The rest of the adult...
Kwon Sung Yul arrived on routine business. "Go away," growled a policeman. When Kwon tried to pass, a rifle barred his way. He angrily explained he was the country's chief law officer...
Lute Song tells of Tsai-Yong (Yul Brynner), a provincial young student who leaves his wife (Mary Martin) and parents to make his mark in the world. He becomes a famous magistrate, is forced to marry an autocratic prince's daughter, is forbidden to communicate with his family. His parents die, cursing him, during a famine, but his wife remains staunchly faithful. She is at last reunited with Tsai-Yong by the princess, and remains in the palace as No. 1 wife...
Mary Martin's first stage appearance since "One Touch of Venus" is a welcome one. Although her voice is not strong, her charm and personality, to revive two senile cliches, serve to make convincing a role which no modern theatre-goer can view without twinges of skepticism. Yul Brynner, still handicapped by a notice able accent, does his best opposite Miss Martin in a somewhat sterile part. The other 45 actors named in the program are mainly character bit players who are competent but have little chance to become outstanding; perhaps Rex O'Mailey was most noticeable because...