The King and I played at the Gainesville Community Playhouse. The musical takes place in Siam; it is the year 1862. A young English schoolteacher and widow, Anna Leonowens has taken a job in the kingdom of Siam promising to teach English and western philosophies to members of the royal family, including the king's many wives and many more children (I think by the end it was 67 total children). Anna is accompanied by her son, Louis, who is excited, but a little scared about their new life in Siam.
Anna is escorted into the palace, where she is to meet the king. The king, with his cavalier and brazen attitude, sparks immediate anger in Anna when he does not live up to his side of the bargain they made – a brick house adjoined to the
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