<Table> <Tr> <Th> Character </Th> <Th> Description </Th> <Th> Original Broadway cast </Th> <Th> Other notable stage performers </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Anna Leonowens </Td> <Td> A widowed Briton , in Siam to teach the royal children </Td> <Td> Gertrude Lawrence </Td> <Td> Eileen Brennan , Constance Carpenter , Jan Clayton , Barbara Cook , Sandy Duncan , Valerie Hobson , Celeste Holm , Sally Ann Howes , Angela Lansbury , Josie Lawrence , Marin Mazzie , Lisa McCune , Maureen McGovern , Virginia McKenna , Hayley Mills , Patricia Marand , Patricia Morison , Donna Murphy , Kelli O'Hara , Marie Osmond , Elaine Paige , Mary Beth Peil , Stefanie Powers , Faith Prince , Liz Robertson , Risë Stevens , Constance Towers , Laura Michelle Kelly </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The King of Siam </Td> <Td> A fictionalized version of the historical King Mongkut </Td> <Td> Yul Brynner </Td> <Td> Farley Granger , Kevin Gray , Daniel Dae Kim , Hoon Lee , Jason Scott Lee , Jose Llana , Herbert Lom , Darren McGavin , Paul Nakauchi , Rudolf Nureyev , Lou Diamond Phillips , Zachary Scott , Teddy Tahu Rhodes , Ramon Tikaram , Ken Watanabe , Peter Wyngarde </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lady Thiang </Td> <Td> The King 's chief wife </Td> <Td> Dorothy Sarnoff </Td> <Td> Ruthie Ann Miles , Patricia Neway , Muriel Smith , Terry Saunders , Joan Almedilla </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lun Tha </Td> <Td> A Burmese scholar and envoy , in love with Tuptim </Td> <Td> Larry Douglas </Td> <Td> Sean Ghazi , Jose Llana , Conrad Ricamora </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tuptim </Td> <Td> A slave brought from Burma to be one of the King 's junior wives </Td> <Td> Doretta Morrow </Td> <Td> June Angela , Joy Clements , Lee Venora , Patricia Welch </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Prince Chulalongkorn </Td> <Td> A fictionalized version of Mongkut 's eldest son and heir </Td> <Td> Johnny Stewart </Td> <Td> Sal Mineo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Kralahome </Td> <Td> The King 's prime minister </Td> <Td> John Juliano </Td> <Td> Martin Benson , Saeed Jaffrey , Randall Duk Kim , Ho Yi , Paul Nakauchi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Louis Leonowens </Td> <Td> Anna 's son </Td> <Td> Sandy Kennedy </Td> <Td> Jeffrey Bryan Davis </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th> Character </Th> <Th> Description </Th> <Th> Original Broadway cast </Th> <Th> Other notable stage performers </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Anna Leonowens </Td> <Td> A widowed Briton , in Siam to teach the royal children </Td> <Td> Gertrude Lawrence </Td> <Td> Eileen Brennan , Constance Carpenter , Jan Clayton , Barbara Cook , Sandy Duncan , Valerie Hobson , Celeste Holm , Sally Ann Howes , Angela Lansbury , Josie Lawrence , Marin Mazzie , Lisa McCune , Maureen McGovern , Virginia McKenna , Hayley Mills , Patricia Marand , Patricia Morison , Donna Murphy , Kelli O'Hara , Marie Osmond , Elaine Paige , Mary Beth Peil , Stefanie Powers , Faith Prince , Liz Robertson , Risë Stevens , Constance Towers , Laura Michelle Kelly </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The King of Siam </Td> <Td> A fictionalized version of the historical King Mongkut </Td> <Td> Yul Brynner </Td> <Td> Farley Granger , Kevin Gray , Daniel Dae Kim , Hoon Lee , Jason Scott Lee , Jose Llana , Herbert Lom , Darren McGavin , Paul Nakauchi , Rudolf Nureyev , Lou Diamond Phillips , Zachary Scott , Teddy Tahu Rhodes , Ramon Tikaram , Ken Watanabe , Peter Wyngarde </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lady Thiang </Td> <Td> The King 's chief wife </Td> <Td> Dorothy Sarnoff </Td> <Td> Ruthie Ann Miles , Patricia Neway , Muriel Smith , Terry Saunders , Joan Almedilla </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lun Tha </Td> <Td> A Burmese scholar and envoy , in love with Tuptim </Td> <Td> Larry Douglas </Td> <Td> Sean Ghazi , Jose Llana , Conrad Ricamora </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tuptim </Td> <Td> A slave brought from Burma to be one of the King 's junior wives </Td> <Td> Doretta Morrow </Td> <Td> June Angela , Joy Clements , Lee Venora , Patricia Welch </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Prince Chulalongkorn </Td> <Td> A fictionalized version of Mongkut 's eldest son and heir </Td> <Td> Johnny Stewart </Td> <Td> Sal Mineo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Kralahome </Td> <Td> The King 's prime minister </Td> <Td> John Juliano </Td> <Td> Martin Benson , Saeed Jaffrey , Randall Duk Kim , Ho Yi , Paul Nakauchi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Louis Leonowens </Td> <Td> Anna 's son </Td> <Td> Sandy Kennedy </Td> <Td> Jeffrey Bryan Davis </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who starred in the original king and i
who starred in the original king and i
Gertrude Lawrence Yul Brynner
Gertrude Lawrence Yul Brynner