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

A. Baldwin Sloane Alfred Baldwin Sloane, often given as A. Baldwin Sloane, (28 August 1872, Baltimore – 21 February 1925, Red Bank, New Jersey) was the most prolific songwriter for Broadway musical comedies in the United States at the beginning of the 20th centur ...

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 theatre, Broadway. Some of his better known plays (though none achieved long ...

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

Jean Schwartz Jean Schwartz (November 4, 1878 – November 30, 1956) was a Hungarian-born Jewish American composer and pianist. He is best known for his work writing the scores for more than 30 Broadway theatre, Broadway musicals, and for his creation of more t ...

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 composer ...

, "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 William Clyde Fitch (May 2, 1865 – September 4, 1909) was an American dramatist, the most popular writer for the Broadway stage of his time (). Biography Born in Elmira, New York and educated at Holderness School and Amherst College (clas ...

's '' The Climbers'', Paul M. Potter's '' Under Two Flags'', and Lorimer Stoddard's '' In the Palace of the King''.

Broadway production

Set in palaces in

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and

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, ''The King's Carnival'' starred

Marie Dressler Leila Marie Koerber (November 9, 1868 – July 28, 1934), known professionally as Marie Dressler, was a Canadian-born stage- and screen-actress and comedian, popular in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood in early silent film, silent an ...

in the role of

Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain Anna of Austria (2 November 1549 – 26 October 1580) was Queen of Spain by marriage to her uncle, King Philip II of Spain. During her last days of life she was also briefly Queen of Portugal. Life Anna was the eldest daughter of Maximilian II, ...

, Louis Harrison as

Philip II of Spain Philip II (21 May 152713 September 1598), sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent (), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and List of Sicilian monarchs, Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598. He ...

, 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. It premiered on

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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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