THE VAGABOND KING - SOUVENIR BOOK ["IF I WERE KING"] - STAGE OPERETTA CIRCA 1925

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Music by Rudolf Friml / Book and Lyrics by W. H. Post and Brian Hooker / Staged by Max Figman / Dances Arranged by Julian Alfred / Scenes and Costumes designed by James Reynolds / Orchestra and Singing Under Direction of Anton Heindl / Stage Manager, Royal Cutter /, Entire Production Under Personnel Supervision of Russell Janney and Richard Boleslawsky.
The Vagabond King. Souvenir book
[giving story and history of the musical play based on Justin Huntly McCarthy̕s "If I were King." Music by Rudolf Friml. Book and lyrics by W.H. Post and Brian Hooker.].
Golden Ptg.,Service, NY, Circa 1925.
Oversize stapled wraps, 9 x 12 inches, cover illustration by Julie Brown. Slitting cover at spine, light edge wear, short tear to front cover, some rubbing and soling (mostly to back cover), small chip to rear cover. Illustrated including photographs of the cast, photograph of star actor in costume Dennis King with E. H. Southern who created the role of Villon in the dramatic version of "If I Were King." Prose text of the play. Photograph of leading players, including Jane Carroll, Olga Treskoff, Herbert Corthell, H. H. McCollum, Carolyn Thomson, Mzx Figman and Anton Heindl. Lyrics no music printed. Reviews. "The History of the 'Vagabond King' reprinted courtesy of the New York Times. More photographs,...
16 pages, including the covers. Questions welcome. Images can be made upon request. Good. Paperback.
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.