Anna of renown

Re “One From the Heart” [April 3] on Stefanie Powers and the current production of “The King and I,” one “Anna” omitted from the list of “Annas”: Patricia Morison.

After Gertrude Lawrence passed on and her standby, Constance Carpenter, took over the lead for a very short time, Morison joined Yul Brynner for a two-year tour. I was fortunate to have seen this production.

Many years later when Brynner was asked to re-create a number from the production for a Tony show, he phoned Morison to ask her to come to New York to appear with him. Luckily, this number, “Shall We Dance,” was taped and appears in the “Broadway’s Lost Treasures” set on DVD. Truly a treasure.

Conrad J. Doerr

Palm Springs