Show Plot Sound of Music

Authors:  Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and book writers Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse

Time Period: 1938, on the eve of the Anschluss (the Nazi annexation of Austria).

Summary:

The musical tells the story of Maria, who takes a job as governess to a large family while she decides whether to become a nun. She falls in love with the children, and eventually their widowed father, Captain von Trapp. He is ordered to accept a commission in the German Navy, but he opposes the Nazis. He and Maria decide on a plan to flee Austria with the children.