Annie Get Your Gun

  • Annie Get Your Gun is a musical based on a fictional version of the life of Annie Oakley, a sharpshooter from Ohio. The 1946 production, starring Ethel Merman as Annie, was a hit with long runs in both New York and London. In 1950 a film version of the musical starring Betty Hutton and Howard Keel.
  • Characters

    • Annie Oakley—a sharpshooter in the Wild West show
    • Frank Butler—the Wild West show's star
    • Foster Wilson—hotel owner
    • Chief Sitting Bull—Sioux warrior; Annie's protector, but used by Pawnee Bill's competing show
    • Tommy Keeler—knife-thrower in the Wild West show; Winnie's boyfriend; part Native American
    • Charlie Davenport—manager of the Wild West show
    • Winnie Tate—Dolly's sister; Tommy's girlfriend and his assistant in the knife-throwing act
    • Col. Wm. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) —owner of the Wild West show
    • Dolly Tate—Frank's assistant; Winnie's sister
    • Pawnee Bill—owner of a competing western show
    • Annie's brothers and sisters: Nellie, Jessie, Little Jake and Minnie

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