Sound of Music OBC - Welcome to Villa von Trapp video

A non-musical scene from a rare live recording of a performance by the original Broadway Cast of 'The Sound of Music.' In this scene the Captain and his servants discuss the governess question and the whistle, and then Maria arrives and is introduced to the Captain, his system and his children. Captain von Trapp: Theodore Bikel Franz: John Randolph Frau Schmidt: Nan McFarland Maria: Mary Martin The children are a bit more complicated. I'm 99% sure I'm hearing all the girls from the original cast - that is, Lauri Peters (Liesl) Kathy Dunn (Louisa) Marilyn Rogers (Brigitta) Mary Susan Locke (Marta) and Evanna Lien (Gretl). But the boys are another matter altogether. The strangest thing about this recording is the inexplicable reversal of Friedrich and Kurt - here Kurt is the oldest boy and Friedrich the younger. In some places they keep their original dialogue and in others it's switched. Consequently it's Friedrich who dances the Laendler with Maria but it's still Kurt who she forgets in her prayers. A couple of times when the chilren's names are mentioned in order it's 'Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, etc.' as usual. I have no idea why. As to actors, Friedrich (the younger boy) sounds an awful lot like William Snowden, who did play Friedrich in the original cast (pictured). But Kurt sounds completely unfamiliar to me. The only plausible explanation I an come up with is that Kurt was played by an understudy whom the director or someone in charge thought looked closer to 14 than ...