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Minstrel will be banished by daybreak. Fred and Dauntless study for the test, and Fred convinces Larken to fix things with Harry. Larken leaves to find Harry, Dauntless bids Fred goodnight, and now she is left alone. While studying a fairy tale, she complains about how other fairy tale princesses had it easy and how she wants to live happily ever after ("Happily Ever After"). King Sextimus has a man to man talk with Dauntless about the birds and the bees completely in pantomime ("Man to Man Talk"). The Jester and Minstrel trick the Wizard into telling them of the test and the Jester reminisces about his father's dancing days ("Very Soft Shoes").
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Winnifred will tire herself, but the plan fails. Winnifred is the last one standing as everyone collapses from exhaustion at the dance's climax. She asks Dauntless to try to give her a clue as to what the test might be, but he's not sure. He brings out a huge barbell that one of the princesses was asked to lift, but even he cannot lift it. Winnifred does easily and Dauntless admits that he loves her. Winnifred mentions that her nickname is Fred and Dauntless sings of his love for her as she practices numerous tasks she might have to do for the test, including singing, dancing, wrestling, acting, playing the Minstrel's
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782:- Also known by her nickname, Fred, she’s the thirteenth princess tested by the Queen. She comes from the Marshland and is brought to the castle by Sir Harry. She is slightly childlike and much less refined than the rest of the castle's residents. Her kingdom, Icolmkill, was far out of where Dauntless’ kingdom had searched for princesses before, but Sir Harry was noble enough to travel far and wide to find the perfect princess.
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she is worthy of marrying Prince
Dauntless the Drab—she is the thirteenth princess. The day the Minstrel arrives at court, the Queen, alongside her confidant, the Wizard, is testing Princess #12 with an unfair quiz. To the Queen's delight, the princess misses the last question: "What was the middle name of the daughter-in-law of the best friend of the blacksmith who forged the sword that killed
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Winnifred drowsily stumbles into the throne room while still counting sheep; she hasn't slept a wink. Everyone is ecstatic that Winnifred has passed but the Queen insists that Dauntless should not throw himself away on Winnifred. Dauntless has had enough of his mother's attempts to control his life and finally yells, "I told you to
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824:- The noble knight of the kingdom, who is in love with Lady Larken. He is the one who searches for Princess Winnifred, after passing the mountains and the badlands. His true reason for bringing a princess to the kingdom was so that he and Lady Larken could be married, as well as all the rest of the kingdom.
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Sir Harry and Lady Larken run into each other and they confess that their love is stronger than ever ("Yesterday I Loved You"). When Fred is finally ready for bed, the Queen tries to make her even more sleepy by attempting to hypnotize her with a hypnotic mirror, burns poppy and mandragora incense,
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Minstrel and the Jester catch Larken trying to run away, and they try to stop her but in the end decide to help her escape to Normandy ("Normandy"). Later that night, the Queen throws a ball so Winnifred can dance the most exhausting dance in the world: "The Spanish Panic". The Queen
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that can only be reversed "when the mouse devours the hawk." The
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Winnifred passed the test is revealed: after learning about the test, the King, Minstrel, and Jester stuffed the mattresses full of weapons, jousting equipment, and other sharp items. All the items are removed by the Jester in the finale ("Finale"). After the items are
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788:- The son of Queen Aggravain and King Sextimus and next in line to the throne. He is also slightly childlike and easily falls in love with Winnifred just as he has with the many princesses that have come before. He is babied by his mother until he learns to stand up to her in the musical’s finale.
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forces her to drink a sleeping draught, and finally brings in the Nightingale of Samarkand to sing her to sleep ("Nightingale Lullaby"), but Winnifred is kept wide awake. It seems that there is some "lump" under the mattresses that is keeping her from relaxing. She starts counting sheep.
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836:- The men and women of the kingdom, who wish to be married to each other throughout the play. They also highly encourage Prince Dauntless to get married because they cannot be married until he marries a true princess.
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The Minstrel tells the audience that in the original story, the princess arrived at the castle on a stormy night ("Many Moons Ago - Reprise"), but in the true story, it was not night at all—and the princess only
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2195:October 29,
2189:Time Warner
1926:January 26,
1675:December 5,
1482:Sextimus -
1431:Francis Jue
1427:Jay Rogers
1366:John Baylis
1362:Harry Snow
1315:Harold Lang
1310:Matt Mattox
1275:Milo O'Shea
1227:Ron Husmann
1170:Anne Jones
1133:Thelma Ruby
1128:Fritzi Burr
1090:Joseph Bova
1081:Jack Sydow
1077:Joseph Bova
816:Lady Larken
735:chambermaid
611:Dave Powers
595:Ron Husmann
488:Francis Jue
386:EMI Records
370:Milo O'Shea
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293:Matt Mattox
281:Joseph Bova
121:Productions
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2129:August 15,
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2069:August 15,
1971:August 13,
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1633:References
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1371:Bill Hayes
1250:Will Chase
1213:Allen Case
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1359:Minstrel
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978:Encores!
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954:Broadway
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1151:Lypsinka
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253:Broadway
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200:Broadway
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133:Broadway
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2027:July 8,
1997:May 29,
1952:May 20,
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1608:Result
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764:shut up
526:Variety
181:musical
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184:comedy
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2555:Other
2528:Films
2469:(son)
1613:1997
1596:Year
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