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BIBLIOGRAPHY

BOOKS
Blofeld, John: Bangkok. Time-Life Books, 1979.
Bristowe, W.S.: Louis and the King of Siam. Thai-American Publishers, 1976.
Ewen, David: Richard Rodgers. Henry Holt & Co., 1957.
Fordin, Hugh: A Biography of Oscar Hammerstein. Random House, 1977.
Green, Stanley: The Rodgers and Hammerstein Story.The John Day Company, 1963.
Landon, Margaret: Anna and the King of Siam. Harper and Row, 1944.
Leonowens, Anna Harriette:1834-1914: The English Governess at the Siamese Court. Oxford, 1989.
Leonowens, Anna: The Favorite of the Harem, Atlantic Monthly, XXX #179 pp335-345, 1872).
     Available at http://gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca/gaslight/annaX5.htm
Minney, R.J.: Fanny and the Regent of Siam, World Publ. Co. 1962.
Mordden, Ethan: Rodgers & Hammerstein. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1992.
Rodgers, Richard. The King and I. Random House, 1951 (with libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II)
Secrest, Meryle: A Biography of Richard Rodgers. Knopf, 2001.
Wyatt, David K. Thailand: A Short History. Yale Univ. Press, 1984.

n.b. Those in bold are cited in the articles with links to this page.

DISCOGRAPHY AND VIDEO
Anna and the King of Siam: Movie with Rex Harrison & Irene Dunne, 1946 (VHS and DVD)
The King and I: Movie version of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical with Deborah Kerr & Yul Brynner, 1956. (DVD)
The King and I: Original cast recording with Gertrude Lawrence & Yul Brynner (CD)
Anna and the King: Movie with Jodie Foster & Chow Yun-Fat, 1991. (VHS and DVD)

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