Productions2 on Broadway
| 1925 | Casino Theatre Original. September 21, 1925 | 511 performances |
| 1943 | Shubert Theatre Revival. June 29, 1943 · George Ermoloff | 56 performances |
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Licensing 4 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
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In the literature39 passages
Just as The Vagabond King had offered Dennis King as the dashing Francois Villon singing Rudolf Friml songs in a tale of adventure and intrigue in the days of Louis XI, so The Three Musketeers offered King as the dashing book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p69
Alfred, Julian Poppy Vagabond King, The book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p387
Friml’s next Broadway show, The Vagabond King (10/21/25; 511 performances), proved almost as successful as Rose-Marie, with Friml returning to his European roots. The production, with lyrics by Brian Hooker, starred Dennis King and Carolyn Thomson. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p198
Friml’s next show, High Jinks (1913), was also a smash hit, and the young composer was on his way. He hit his stride in 1924 with the magnificent Rose-Marie and followed that with another classic, The Vagabond King (1925) and, a few years later, another huge hit, The Three Musketeers (1928). book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p285
The Vagabond King, another popular operetta with a score by Friml, premieres at the Casino Theater for a run of 511 performances. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p19
Friml’s best-remembered musicals are his spectacular operettas of the 1920s: Rose Marie (1924), The Vagabond King (1925), and The Three Musketeers (1928). book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p157
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