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The Sound of Music (1959)
by Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, etc.

The Sound of Music

Medium: play/musical/stage drama

Publication date: 16 Nov. 1959

Publisher: Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Written by: Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Directed by: Vincent J. Donehue


7 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Maria von Trapp Maria von Trapp
(lead character)
non-feature lead character clergy/religious leader real/historical person
CBR Scale: M Catholic novice (Benedictine)
[matriarch of Trapp Family Singers] Lippincott 15
The Mother Abbess supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Catholic nun (Benedictine)
[1st app: The Sound of Music (1959)] Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 6
Sister Berthe supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Catholic nun (Benedictine)
[1st app: The Sound of Music (1959)] Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 20th Century Fox 2
Sister Margaretta supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Catholic nun (Benedictine)
[1st app: The Sound of Music (1959)] Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 20th Century Fox 2
Sister Sophia supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Catholic nun (Benedictine)
[1st app: The Sound of Music (1959)] Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 20th Century Fox 2
Sister Bernice supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Catholic nun (Benedictine)
[1st app: The Sound of Music (1959)] Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 20th Century Fox 2
Sister Agatha supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Catholic nun (Benedictine)
[1st app: The Sound of Music (1959)] Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 20th Century Fox 2

Live stage musical that was the basis for the hit film directed by Robert Wise.