The Adventures of Marco Polo

Venetian merchant Marco Polo travels to the East and the court of Kublai Khan who makes him an emissary and sends him on diplomatic missions throughout his empire. Over many years, Polo learns new cultures and languages, but he is haunted by the face of a mysterious woman whom he had met before leaving Venice and encounters her face in every woman he sees. Eventually returning to Venice to share his exotic and esoteric knowledge, Marco Polo once again finds the woman of his dreams. The Adventures of Marco Polo was an original, live television musical which was broadcast on NBC on April 14, 1956.

Discover

Alfred Drake

Marco Polo

Doretta Morrow

Beggar Girl

Arnold Moss

Nicolo

Paul Ukena

Kublai Khan

Jerome Kilty

Baron's Son

Bhasker

Whirling Dervish

Directing

Max Liebman

Director

Production

Max Liebman

Producer

Sound

Charles Sanford

Conductor

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Original Music Composer

Irwin Kostal

Orchestrator

Mel Pahl

Songs

Writing

Edward Eager

Lyricist

Neil Simon

Writer

Directing

Max Liebman

Director

Production

Max Liebman

Producer

Sound

Charles Sanford

Conductor

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Original Music Composer

Irwin Kostal

Orchestrator

Mel Pahl

Songs

Writing

Edward Eager

Lyricist

Neil Simon

Writer