Musical satire based on Anthony Hope's Ruritanian novel "The Prisoner of Zenda" in which a commoner takes the place of a lookalike king.
Social & External
The people behind it
Hal Le Roy
Rudolph, King of Sulvania / Mr. Razzenstill
Eddie Foy Jr.
Dantsau
June Allyson
Princess
Percy Helton
Messenger
Ruth Dryden
Antoinette
Al Fields
Colonel
Bruce Evans
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