It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from T. White 's novel The Once and Future King. Lang , ran on Broadway for performances, winning four Tony Awards and spawning several revivals, foreign productions, and the Warner Bros. The musical has become associated with the Kennedy Administration , which is sometimes called the " Camelot Era ".
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French origins
Camelot was the name of the place where King Arthur held court and was the location of the famous Round Table. Perhaps a clue to its possible location might be found in the sources we have for the legend of King Arthur. Did he exist and if so, who was he? Was he perhaps a Romano-Celtic leader defending his lands from Anglo-Saxon invaders? The earliest reference to Arthur is in a poem dating from around AD Nearly all the Britons were killed and their lands absorbed into the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. This is the earliest reference to Arthur.
Early Camelot
Does Michael Sheen know his own career? Watch the video. Part of the cable series "HBO Theatre", this is a videotaped presentation of the Broadway revival of the musical. In , an English aristocrat is captured by Native Americans.
The film is an adaptation of the stage musical of the same name by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. Lerner also wrote the screenplay. In April , the rights to produce a film adaptation of Camelot were obtained by Warner Bros. However, the film was temporarily shelved as the studio decided to adapt My Fair Lady into a feature film first.
