Happily Ever After

E372977

"Happily Ever After" is a standout comic ballad from the musical "Once Upon a Mattress," known for its witty, subversive take on traditional fairy-tale endings.

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Happily Ever After canonical 3

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
basedOnMotif fairy-tale happy ending ⓘ
composer Mary Rodgers ⓘ
contrastsWith conventional fairy-tale love songs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstPerformanceIn Once Upon a Mattress (original production) ⓘ
genre comic ballad ⓘ
hasSubject disillusionment with fairy-tale romance ⓘ
expectations of marriage ⓘ
hasThematicFocus realistic view of marriage ⓘ
skepticism about romantic idealism ⓘ
subversion of traditional fairy-tale endings ⓘ
intendedForPerformanceBy female vocalist ⓘ
isStandoutNumberOf Once Upon a Mattress (musical) ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalQuality satirical commentary ⓘ
witty wordplay ⓘ
lyricist Marshall Barer ⓘ
medium stage musical ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
partOf Once Upon a Mattress (musical) ⓘ
performedByCharacterIn Once Upon a Mattress (musical) ⓘ
periodOfOrigin 20th century ⓘ
style comic ballad ⓘ
title Happily Ever After ⓘ
tone cynical ⓘ
ironic ⓘ
witty ⓘ
workType musical theatre song ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Once Upon a Mattress → notableSong → Happily Ever After ⓘ
Princess Winnifred the Woebegone → notableSong → Happily Ever After ⓘ
Happily Ever After (song) → title → Happily Ever After ⓘ
subject linked to: Happily Ever After