''The King's Carnival'' is a musical burlesque in two acts with music by

A. Baldwin Sloane Alfred Baldwin Sloane (28 August 1872, Baltimore – 21 February 1925, Red Bank, New Jersey) was an American composer, considered the most prolific songwriter for Broadway musical comedies at the beginning of the 20th century. His scores were first ...

and both book and lyrics by

Sydney Rosenfeld Sydney Rosenfeld (1855–1931) was an American playwright who wrote numerous plays, and adapted many foreign plays. Close to fifty of his creations played on Broadway. Some of his better known plays (though none achieved long-lasting popularit ...

.Bordman & Norton, p. 204 The musical also included one hit song by the songwriting team of Jean Schwartz and

William Jerome William Jerome Flannery, September 30, 1865 – June 25, 1932) was an American songwriter, born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York of Irish immigrant parents, Mary Donnellan and Patrick Flannery. He collaborated with numerous well-known composers a ...

, "When Mr. Shakespeare Comes to Town". The musical was a

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of several Broadway shows that dealt with royalty and courtly drama, including targeted spoofs of Paul Kester's '' When Knighthood Was in Flower'', Clyde Fitch's '' The Climbers'', Paul M. Potter's ''

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'', and Lorimer Stoddard's '' In the Palace of the King''.

Broadway production

Set in palaces in

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and

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

, ''The King's Carnival'' starred

Marie Dressler Marie Dressler (born Leila Marie Koerber, November 9, 1868 – July 28, 1934) was a Canadian stage and screen actress, comedian, and early silent film and Depression-era film star. In 1914, she was in the first full-length film comedy. She ...

in the role of Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain,

Louis Harrison Louis Harrison (1859, Philadelphia – October 23, 1936, New York City) was an actor, playwright, comedian, lyricist, librettist, and theatre director. As both a performer and playwright, he was mainly active within the genres of musical theatre a ...

Philip II of Spain Philip II) in Spain, while in Portugal and his Italian kingdoms he ruled as Philip I ( pt, Filipe I). (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent ( es, Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from ...

, Harry Bulger as

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, Adele Ritchie as Mary Tudor, Amelia Summerville as Inez, and Mayme Gehrue as Sidonia. ''The King's Carnival'' was directed by Frank Smithson and produced by Rosenfeld. It used costumes by

Caroline Siedle Caroline F. Siedle (1867 – February 26, 1907) was a costume designer on Broadway. She was one of earliest designers to receive credit for her work in theater programs,Unruh, Delbert, Ione Unruh, and Alexandra Steiner-Strauss. "American Broadway C ...

. It premiered on Broadway at the New York Theatre on May 13, 1901. It ran there for a total of 80 performances; closing in June 1901.Mantle, Chapman, & Sherwood, p. 392 The production then took a break before resuming performances at the same theatre in September 1901. It ultimately closed on October 12, 1901, with a total Broadway run of 102 performances.Dietz, p. 64-66

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:King's Carnival, The 1901 musicals Broadway musicals Musicals set in palaces Musicals set in England Musicals set in Spain Musicals by Alfred Baldwin Sloane Musicals by Sydney Rosenfeld