<P> After the play, Sir Edward reveals that the British threat has receded, but the King is distracted by his displeasure at Tuptim's rebellious message . After Sir Edward leaves, Anna and the King express their delight at how well the evening went, and he presents her with a ring . Secret police report that Tuptim is missing . The King realizes that Anna knows something; she parries his inquiry by asking why he should care: Tuptim is just another woman to him . He is delighted; she is at last understanding the Siamese perspective . Anna tries to explain to him the Western customs of courtship and tells him what it is like for a young woman at a formal dance ("Shall We Dance?"). He demands that she teach him the dance . She does, and in that dance they experience and express a love for each other that they can never speak aloud . They are interrupted by the Kralahome . Tuptim has been captured, and a search is on for Lun Tha . The King resolves to punish Tuptim, though she denies she and Lun Tha were lovers . Anna tries to dissuade him, but he is determined that her influence shall not rule, and he takes the whip himself . He turns to lash Tuptim, but under Anna's gaze is unable to swing the whip, and hurries away . Lun Tha is found dead, and Tuptim is dragged off, swearing to kill herself; nothing more is heard about her . Anna asks the Kralahome to give her ring back to the King; both schoolteacher and minister state their wish that she had never come to Siam . </P> <P> Several months pass with no contact between Anna and the King . Anna is packed and ready to board a ship leaving Siam . Chulalongkorn arrives with a letter from the King, who has been unable to resolve the conflicts within himself and is dying . Anna hurries to the King's bedside and they reconcile . The King persuades her to take back the ring and to stay and assist the next king, Chulalongkorn . The dying man tells Anna to take dictation from the prince, and instructs the boy to give orders as if he were King . The prince orders the end of the custom of kowtowing that Anna hated . The King grudgingly accepts this decision . As Chulalongkorn continues, prescribing a less arduous bow to show respect for the king, his father dies . Anna kneels by the late King, holding his hand and kissing it, as the wives and children bow or curtsey, a gesture of respect to old king and new . </P> <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> <Tr> <Th> Character </Th> <Th> Description </Th> <Th> Original Broadway cast </Th> <Th> Other notable stage performers </Th> </Tr>

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