Woller, Megan - From Camelot to Spamalot

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

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1: Adapting Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Prelude: Twain as Adapter
Chapter 1: Musical Storytelling and Revision in Rodgers and Hart's A Connecticut Yankee
Chapter 2: Bing Crosby's Stardom and Legend in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Part 2: Adapting T.H. White's The Once and Future King
Chapter 3: Interpretation and Characterization in Lerner and Loewe's Camelot
Chapter 4: Naivete and the Depiction of Arthur's Childhood in Disney's The Sword in the Stone
Part 3: Monty Python as Adapters
Chapter 5: Parody and the Role of Song in Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Chapter 6: Notions of Place, Legend, and Broadway in Monty Python's Spamalot
Conclusion
Archival Collections
Bibliography
Index