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    Once Upon a Mattress

    Once Upon a Mattress

    "The second television adaptation of the Broadway classic."

    1972

    1:18:36

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    Once Upon a Mattress

    Genre

    Comedy
    Music
    TV Movie

    Plot

    The second television adaptation of Once Upon a Mattress was broadcast on December 12, 1972, on CBS. This production, videotaped in color, included original Broadway cast members Burnett, Gilford and White, and also featured Bernadette Peters as Lady Larken, Ken Berry as Prince Dauntless, Ron Husmann as Harry, and Wally Cox as The Jester. It was directed by Ron Field and Dave Powers. Again, several songs were eliminated and characters were combined or altered. Since the parts of the Minstrel and the Wizard were cut from this adaptation, a new prologue was written with Burnett singing "Many Moons Ago" as a bedtime story.

    Director

    Ron Field

    Writers

    Marshall Barer, Dean Fuller, Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer,

    Stars

    Carol Burnett, Ken Berry, Jane White, Bernadette Peters, Jack Gilford,