Title
Playwright
Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer, & Dean Fuller
Performance Dates
June 24-29, 1968
Creative Team
Director - Charles W. Dodrill
Music Director - Claire Lortz
Designer-Technical Director - Fred Thayer
Choreographer Joanne Van Sant
Costume Designer - Petie Dodrill
Synopsis
Due to an unhappy curse, King Sextimus is unable to speak. Meanwhile, his terror-of-a-wife, Queen Aggravain, has taken over control of the kingdom. Most importantly, in an attempt to keep Prince Dauntless single, she has decreed that only the princess that can pass her test may marry her son. Further, no one else in the kingdom may marry until Prince Dauntless does. Lady Larken and Sir Harry are extremely disturbed by this fact since Lady Larken is now pregnant with Sir Harry's baby. Luckily, Sir Harry is able to find an amazing princess, Winnifred the Woebegone. She instantly catches the attention of Prince Dauntless, and in the end, is able to pass the Queen's supposedly impassable sensitivity test. When the Queen still tries to prevent the Prince Dauntless from marrying, he tells her to 'shut up' which ends up breaking the curse on the king. Now able to speak, King Sextimus regains his rightful position as leader of the kingdom, and all is well.
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Disciplines
Acting | Dance | Theatre and Performance Studies | Theatre History
Keywords
College Theater, Otterbein University Theater, Drama, Musical Theatre
Recommended Citation
Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department, "Once Upon a Mattress" (1968). 1968 Summer Theatre. 3.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/summer_production_1968/3