Once Upon a Mattress

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Once Upon a Mattress is a 1959 Broadway musical comedy, a spoof of "The Princess and the Pea," that helped launch Carol Burnett to stardom.

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instanceOf Broadway musical
musical comedy
stage musical
actStructure two acts
basedOn The Princess and the Pea
bookBy Dean Fuller
Jay Thompson
Marshall Barer
broadwayTransferDate 1959-11-25
composer Mary Rodgers
countryOfOrigin United States
featuredPerformer Carol Burnett
genre fairy-tale musical
musical comedy
parody
hasAdaptation television musical adaptation
hasCharacter King Sextimus
Lady Larken
Prince Dauntless
Queen Aggravain
Sir Harry
helpedLaunchCareerOf Carol Burnett
language English
lyricist Marshall Barer
musicalForm book musical
notableSong Happily Ever After
In a Little While
Sensitivity
Shy
originalBroadwayCity New York City
originalBroadwayCountry United States
originalBroadwayOpeningYear 1959
originalBroadwayTheatre Alvin Theatre
originalProductionType Off-Broadway production
period 1950s Broadway
plotFocus a test of a princess using a pea under many mattresses
premiereDate 1959-05-11
premiereLocation Off-Broadway
productionMedium live theatre
roleCreated Princess Winnifred the Woebegone
setting a fictional medieval kingdom
starred Carol Burnett
style comic retelling of a fairy tale
subjectMatter fairy-tale satire
royal courtship
subjectOf cast recordings
targetAudience general audience
transferredTo Broadway

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Carol Burnett notableWork Once Upon a Mattress
Marc Platt notableWork Once Upon a Mattress (2005 TV film)
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Mary Rodgers notableWork Once Upon a Mattress
Carol Creighton Burnett notableWork Once Upon a Mattress
Herbert Greene notableWork Once Upon a Mattress (Broadway production)
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Kevin Lima directed Once Upon a Mattress
George Abbott notableWork Once Upon a Mattress
Jay Thompson notableWork Once Upon a Mattress
Dean Fuller notableWork Once Upon a Mattress
Dean Fuller coAuthorOf Once Upon a Mattress
Once Upon a Mattress title Once Upon a Mattress
subject linked to: Dean Fuller
Princess Winnifred the Woebegone appearsIn Once Upon a Mattress
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Shy originalProduction Once Upon a Mattress (Off‑Broadway, 1959)
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Sensitivity partOf Once Upon a Mattress
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Sensitivity firstPerformanceIn Once Upon a Mattress (1959 Broadway production)
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Happily Ever After (song) partOf Once Upon a Mattress (musical)
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Happily Ever After (song) firstPerformanceIn Once Upon a Mattress (original production)
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Happily Ever After (song) isStandoutNumberOf Once Upon a Mattress (musical)
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Happily Ever After (song) performedByCharacterIn Once Upon a Mattress (musical)
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Queen Aggravain appearsIn Once Upon a Mattress
Queen Aggravain createdForWork Once Upon a Mattress
Prince Dauntless appearsIn Once Upon a Mattress
Prince Dauntless firstAppearance Once Upon a Mattress (1959 stage premiere)
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King Sextimus appearsIn Once Upon a Mattress
King Sextimus firstAppearance Once Upon a Mattress (1959 stage musical)
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Lady Larken appearsIn Once Upon a Mattress
Lady Larken fictionalUniverse Once Upon a Mattress
Lady Larken firstAppearance Once Upon a Mattress (1959 stage musical)
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Sir Harry appearsIn Once Upon a Mattress
Sir Harry createdForWork Once Upon a Mattress
Sir Harry debutWork Once Upon a Mattress (1959 stage premiere)
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