The Lowestoft Players proudly present...

Rodger and Hammerstein's

King & I

Tuesday 23rd - Saturday 27th September 2008
with matinee on Saturday 27th

at The Marina Theatre, Lowestoft
01502 533200

Booking from 1st June 2008

Production Team
Director - Christine Mullord
Assisted by Emily Simpson
Musical Director - Matthew Hardy
Assisted by Stuart Lamb
Choreographer - Jordan Ayers
Production Secretary - Louise Connelly

Audition Information
Wednesday 4th June, 7.30pm - Information Evening at HQ, Stradbroke Road, Pakefield

Thursday 5th June, 7.30pm - Dancers Workshop with Jordan

Friday 6th June - Dancers Auditions.
Friday 6th June - Principal Audition Sing-Through with Stuart Lamb (Call him on 01502 711437 to book a time slot).

Saturday 7th June from 10am - children's auditions (except Louis and
Chulalongkorn)

Sunday 8th June -
10am Chorus Audition
10.30am Louis Leonowens Audition
11am Chulalongkorn Audition
from 12noon Other Principal Auditions

Audition pieces will be available from Louise on 01502 538105 or 07747 186173 from 10th May.

SHORT PLOTLINE... greater detail will be available on the information evening

Mrs Anna Leonowens, the widow of an English army officer, arrives in Bangkok with her young son to teach English to the children of the King of Siam. The King wishes to absorb western knowledge but is confused as to how he can reconcile western ways with his own and is further hindered by his chief minister who wishes to keep western influence out of the court.

A slave girl named Tuptim - a gift from the King of Burma - arrives and is befriended by Anna who lends her a copy of Uncle Tom's Cabin which Tuptim transforms into a Siamese ballet "Small House of Uncle Thomas". The ballet is presented at a great state dinner given in honour of the English Ambassador. After the performance Tuptim tries to escape with her lover, Lun Tha, but she is caught and Lun Tha is killed.

Anna urges the King not to punish the girl but, in his anger, he starts to beat her. However, due to Anna's influence, he cannot do so and, unable to face the shame, he hides himself away and his health declines. Anna, thinking that she can no longer be of use, is about to leave Siam when she is told that the King is dying. She decides to stay in order to help his young son, Prince Chulalongkorn, to rule the people of Siam.

List of Characters

• Anna Leonowens
• The King of Siam
• Lady Thiang, principal wife and mother of Chulalongkorn
• The Kralahome, chief minister
• Tuptim, a slave girl
• Lun Tha, Burmese emissary
• Princess Ying Yaowlak, the king's small daughter
• Louis Leonowens, Anna's young son
• Prince Chulalongkorn, heir to the throne
• Captain Orton
• An interpreter
• Sir Edward Ramsay, British Ambassador
• Phra Alack, the king's personal servant
• The Wives
• The Children
• Dancers for the Ballet

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