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Rudolph Friml’s

THE VAGABOND KING

Poet-bandit Villon, Saves Paris in Rabble Uprising. Wins Spirited Love’s Heart from Louis XI. Mistress Yields Life!

The Parisian vagabonds and beggary rise up under Francois Villon’s banner to rescue the city for King Louis XI. In Hugo-like Romantic daring, the corps steps victoriously to Friml’s celebrated march Song of the Vagabonds, raising those stirring words, “Sons of toil and danger… And to hell with Burgundy!” The impassioned and tender Only a Rose, seals the aristocratic and feisty Katherine de Vaucelles’ and Villion’s mutual love, eliminating the king’s claim to her hand. The streetwalker, Huguette (Love For Sale), sacrifices her life to save Villon, her former paramour, during the fight for Paris. There’s more…. delight to Some Day, Tomorrow, Nocturne, Love Me Tonight, all favorites from the operetta canon.

Presented

Thursday, February 17, 2011 --- 8:00PM

at:

Landmark on the Park
(Fourth Universalist Society building)
At 76th Street and Central Park West

On "Forbes on Film & Footlights"

Review by Harry Forbes,
Tuesday, February 22, 2011