This article is about the operetta. For films, see The Vagabond King (1930 film) and The Vagabond King (1956 film).
The Vagabond King
Music
Rudolf Friml
Lyrics
Brian Hooker William H. Post
Book
Brian Hooker William H. Post
Basis
If I Were King by Justin Huntly McCarthy
Productions
1925 Broadway 1927 West End 1943 Broadway revival
The Vagabond King is a 1925 operetta by Rudolf Friml in four acts, with a book and lyrics by Brian Hooker and William H. Post, based upon Justin Huntly McCarthy's 1901 romantic novel and play If I Were King. The story is a fictionalized episode in the life of the 15th-century poet and thief François Villon, centering on his wooing of Katherine De Vaucelles (the cousin of King Louis XI), and relating how he becomes “king for a day” and defends France against the invading forces of the Duke of Burgundy.
The original production opened on Broadway in 1925, starring Dennis King and ran for 511 performances. The operetta then played in London, toured extensively and enjoyed revivals and two film adaptations, including one with King and Jeanette MacDonald.
TheVagabondKing is a 1925 operetta by Rudolf Friml in four acts, with a book and lyrics by Brian Hooker and William H. Post, based upon Justin Huntly...
successful Broadway operetta, TheVagabondKing, which featured the songs "Only a Rose", "Some Day", and "Song of theVagabonds". The operetta was filmed twice...
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re-made in the sound era again reverting to its original title If I Were King (1938) with Ronald Colman, and as an operetta in TheVagabondKing (1930),...
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