Once Upon a Mattress

Overview

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.

Cast

Carol Burnett

Princess Winifred the Woebegone

Ken Berry

Prince Dauntless

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Jane White

Queen Aggravain

Bernadette Peters

Lady Larkin

Jack Gilford

King Sextimus

Wally Cox

The Jester

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Ron Husmann

Sir Harry

Nora Denney

Lady Agatha

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Sivi Aberg

Princess No. 12

Leonard Crofoot

Dancer