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Winnipeg Free Press Archives June 23, 1958 "Let me hear how you'd read that line." John Hirsch, one of the directors of the Rainbow Stage, listens to three young aspirants for roles in The King And I. A notice of tryouts brought out a number of boys to fill the two important roles of the Young Prince and the son of Anna. Reading from left to right, these three aspirants are: Burton Cummings, 10, of 97 Lansdowne Ave; Fred Westman, 12, of 58 Crowson Bay; Jim McCarthy, 12, 263 Donalda Ave.