Who Played Mayor in Carnival in Flanders

Mayor is a role in Carnival in Flanders, a musical that opened Broadway in 1953.

Based on the film <i>La Kermesse Heroique</i> by Jacques Feyder.<br> Screenplay by C. Spaak, J. Feyder and B. Zimmer.<p>It is 1616 in the town of Flacksenburg in Flanders (a region of modern-day Belgium).When the Spanish army marches into Flacksenburg, the mayor of the town decides to play dead in hopes that the army will leave. Plans become complicated when the head of the army, the Duke, becomes infatuated with the mayor’s wife, Cornelia. The mayor is forced to continue to play dead and watch as the Duke pursues his wife.