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Utopia, Limited Revival 1961

Opened: November 9, 1961

Utopia, Limited - 1961 Off-Broadway History , Info & More

Jan Hus Playhouse
351 East 74th Street New York, NY

King Paramount of the south seas island of Utopia decides that his people should adopt all English customs and institutions, but he goes a bit overboard and decrees that the kingdom and each of its inhabitants should become a "company limited" based on the English "companies act" of 1862. The kings daughter Princess Zara brings six "flowers of progress" from England to train the Utopian people in these "English" customs. The English reforms go too far, which upsets the judges of the Utopian Supreme Court, the "Public Exploder" and ultimately the entire populace, which revolts against the reforms. In the end, the king compromises to solve some of the most extreme results of the earlier reforms by converting the kingdom to a limited monarchy and instituting the two-party system.


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Utopia, Limited History

Other Productions of Utopia, Limited

1893   West End Original London Production
West End
1894   Broadway Broadway Production
Broadway
1961   Off-Broadway American Savoyard Revival
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