"The King and I" was derived from Margaret Landon's 1944 book her "and the King of Siam"
In the early 1860s, Anna Leonowens, a widow with two young children, 
was invited to Siam (now Thailand) by King Mongkut (Rama IV), who wanted her 
to teach his children and wives the English language and ... Anna and the King of 
Siam (1946 film); The King and I (1951 stage musical)... [DOC] [TLE] The King and I - Wikipedia [PAR] The King and I is a musical, the fifth by the team of composer Richard Rodgers 
and dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II.