The Vagabond King (1948)
by Brian Hooker, Rudolf Friml, W.H. Post, Russell Janney, Justin Huntly McCarthy

The Vagabond King (1948) Book Cover
The Vagabond King (1948) Cover

Highlights

120 mins

Synopsis

The Vagabond King is an operetta in four acts based on Justin Huntly McCarthy’s 1901 romantic novel and play If I Were King .

The story paints an episode in the life of 15th-century poet and thief François Villon, centering on his wooing of Katherine De Vaucelles (the cousin of King Louis XI), and relating how he becomes “king for a day” and defends France against the invading forces of the Duke of Burgundy.

Publication

Publisher Tams-Witmark

The Vagabond King (1948) is a play written by Brian Hooker and published by Tams-Witmark .

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