Original Creative Team
Ken Ludwig's "The Three Musketeers" is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
First performed by Bristol Old Vic, December 2006.
Ken Ludwig (Playwright) is a two-time Olivier Award-winning playwright whose work is performed every night of the year throughout the world in more than 30 countries and over 20 languages. He has written 24 plays and musicals, with six Broadway productions and seven in London's West End. His Tony Award-winning play Lend Me a Tenor was called "one of the classic comedies of the 20th century" by The Washington Post. His other plays and musicals include Crazy for You (five years on Broadway, Tony Award for Best Musical), Moon Over Buffalo (Broadway and West End), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Broadway), Treasure Island (West End), Twentieth Century (Broadway), Leading Ladies, Shakespeare in Hollywood, The Three Musketeers, The Game's Afoot, The Fox on the Fairway, The Beaux' Stratagem, Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, and A Comedy of Tenors. His critically acclaimed adaptations of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, written at the request of the Christie estate, premiered this season to sold-out houses at McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, and his world-premiere adaptation of Robin Hood! opens at The Old Globe this summer. Mr. Ludwig has received commissions from The Royal Shakespeare Company, The Bristol Old Vic and The Old Globe, and he is a Sllie B. Goodman Fellow of McCarter Theatre. His many awards and honors include the Charles MacArthur Award, two Helen Hayes Awards, the Southeastern Theatre Conference Distinguished Career Award, the Edgar Award for Best Mystery of the Year, and the Edwin Forrest Award for Contributions to the American Theatre. His book How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare (Random House) won the Falstaff Award for Best Bhaeksepare Book of 2014, and his essays are published by The Yale Review. He holds degrees from Harvard and Cambridge University.
every
night
of the
year
throughout
the
world
in more
than
30
countries
and
over
20
languages.
He
has
written
24
plays
and
musicals,
with
six
Broadway
productions
and
seven
in
London’s
West
End.
His
Tony
Award-
winning
play
Lend
Me
a Tenor
was
called
“one
of
the
classic
comedies
of
the
20th
century”
by
The
Washington
Post.
His
other
plays
and
musicals
include
Crazy
for
You
(five
years
on
Broadway,
Tony
Award
for
Best
Musical),
Moon
Over
Buffalo
(Broadway
and
West
End),
The
Adventures
of
Tom
Sawyer
(Broadway),
Treasure
Island
(West
End),
Twentieth
Century
(Broadway),
Leading
Ladies,
Shakespeare
in
Hollywood,
The
Three
Musketeers,
The
Game’s
Afoot,
The
Fox
on
the
Fairway,
The
Beaux’
Stratagem,
Baskerville:
A Sherlock
Holmes
Mystery,
and
A
Comedy
of
Tenors.
His
critically
acclaimed
adaptation
of
Agatha
Christie’s
Murder
on
the
Orient
Express,
written
at
the
request
of
the
Christie
Estate,
premiered
this
season
to sold-out
houses
at
McCarter
Theatre
Center
in
Princeton,
and
his
world-premiere
adaptation
of
Robin
Hood!
opens
at The
Old
Globe
this
summer.
Mr.
Ludwig
has
received
commissions
from
The
Royal
work
is performed
every
night
of the
year
throughout
the
world
in more
than
30
countries
and
over
20
languages.
He
has
written
24
plays
and
musicals,
with
six
Broadway
productions
and
seven
in
London’s
West
End.
His
Tony
Award-
winning
play
Lend
Me
a Tenor
was
called
“one
of
the
classic
comedies
of
the
20th
century”
by
The
Washington
Post.
His
other
plays
and
musicals
include
Crazy
for
You
(five
years
on
Broadway,
Tony
Award
for
Best
Musical),
Moon
Over
Buffalo
(Broadway
and
West
End),
The
Adventures
of
Tom
Sawyer
(Broadway),
Treasure
Island
(West
End),
Twentieth
Century
(Broadway),
Leading
Ladies,
Shakespeare
in
Hollywood,
The
Three
Musketeers,
The
Game’s
Afoot,
The
Fox
on
the
Fairway,
The
Beaux’
Stratagem,
Baskerville:
A Sherlock
Holmes
Mystery,
and
A
Comedy
of
Tenors.
His
critically
acclaimed
adaptation
of
Agatha
Christie’s
Murder
on
the
Orient
Express,
written
at
the
request
of
the
Christie
Estate,
premiered
this
season
to sold-out
houses
at
McCarter
Theatre
Center
in
Princeton,
and
his
world-premiere
adaptation
of
Robin
Hood!
opens
at The
Old
Globe
this
summer.
Mr.
Ludwig
has
received
commissions
from
The
Royal