<P> The second television adaptation was broadcast on December 12, 1972, on CBS . This production, videotaped in color, included original Broadway cast members Burnett, Gilford and White, and also featured Bernadette Peters as Lady Larken, Ken Berry as Prince Dauntless, Ron Husmann as Harry, and Wally Cox as The Jester . It was directed by Ron Field and Dave Powers . Again, several songs were eliminated and characters were combined or altered . Since the parts of the Minstrel and the Wizard were cut from this adaptation, a new prologue was written with Burnett singing "Many Moons Ago" as a bedtime story . In 2016, the special was included as a bonus feature on the DVD Carol + 2: The Original Queens of Comedy . </P> <P> The third television version, which aired on December 18, 2005, on ABC in the US as part of The Wonderful World of Disney and was released on DVD two days later, starred Carol Burnett as Queen Aggravain, Denis O'Hare as Prince Dauntless, Tom Smothers as King Sextimus, Tracey Ullman as Princess Winnifred, Zooey Deschanel as Lady Larken, and Matthew Morrison as Sir Harry . It was directed by Kathleen Marshall and executive produced by Burnett & Martin Tudor . The beginning portion, cut from the DVD release, features a girl, who meets Cinderella, telling her mother the story of that story . The Minstrel was cut from this version, negating and also cutting most of the songs featuring the Minstrel except "Normandy," which was changed to describe Larken's and Sir Harry's honeymoon . There were also additional plot changes . Instead of the Minstrel and Jester finding out the test from the Wizard, the King hides in a suit of armor and overhears the Queen and the Wizard, and when the Jester, Larken and Harry all collaborate to find out, the King pops out of the suit of armor . </P> <P> Set in 15th - Century Europe, a fictional medieval kingdom is ruled by the devious Queen Aggravain and the mute King Sextimus the Silent . King Sextimus suffers from a curse that can only be reversed "when the mouse devours the hawk ." The Minstrel sings of the Princess and the Pea ("Many Moons Ago"), though he knows the true tale because he was there when it happened . The princess in the story is not the first girl tested to see if she is worthy of marrying Prince Dauntless the Drab--she is one of 13 girls . The day the Minstrel arrives, the Queen, alongside her confidante, the Wizard, is testing Princess #12 with an unfair quiz . To the Queen's delight, the princess misses the last question: "What was the middle name of the daughter - in - law of the best friend of the blacksmith who forged the sword that killed the Beast?" and is given a rubber chicken by Sir Studley . The populace of the castle complains about an unjust law levied by Queen Aggravain: "Throughout the land no one may wed,' till Dauntless shares his wedding bed ." However, every petitioning princess is sent away after failing unfair tests devised by the Queen . It seems that no one is good enough to marry Prince Dauntless ("An Opening for A Princess"). </P> <P> The crisis escalates when the leading knight of the realm, Sir Harry, discovers that his girlfriend, Lady Larken, is pregnant . Though Lady Larken says that she will run away so he will never have to face embarrassment and the loss of his station, Sir Harry decides that he will set out to find a princess himself ("In a Little While"). He petitions the Queen who immediately says no, but when Dauntless manages to speak up and beg, she gives in . </P>

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