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From Camelot to Spamalot : musical retellings of Arthurian legend on stage and screen / Megan Woller.

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"This book explores musicalizations of Arthurian legend as filtered through specific versions of the tale as told by Mark Twain, T.H. White, and Monty Python. For centuries, Arthurian legend with its tales of Camelot, romance, and chivalry has captured imaginations throughout Europe and the Ame...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Woller, Megan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Arthur, > King > Legends > Drama > History and criticism.
Arthur, > King > Legends > Songs and music > History and criticism.
Musicals > History and criticism.
Musical films > History and criticism.
Arthur, > King.
Musical films.
Musicals.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Musical storytelling and revision in Rodgers and Hart's A Connecticut Yankee
  • Bing Crosby's stardom and the depiction of legend in Paramount's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
  • Interpretation and characterization in Lerner and Loewe's Camelot
  • NaiveteĢ and the depiction of Arthur's childhood in Disney's The Sword in the Stone
  • Parody and the role of song in Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  • Notions of place, legend, and Broadway in Monty Python's Spamalot.

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