Camelot, the follow up to Lerner and Loewe's smash
hit My Fair Lady, is based on
T.H. White's novel The Once and Future King. The novel--which
deals with the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round
Table--actually consists of four books, and the rights to the
first of these books (The Sword and the Stone) had already
been purchased by Disney. So Lerner and Loewe acquired the rights
to the last three books and focused on Arthur's later years and
the love triangle between King Arthur, Queen Guenevere, and Sir
Lancelot.
Camelot proved to be another huge success for Lerner
and Loewe. It opened at the Majestic Theatre on December 3, 1960
and closed January 5, 1963 after a run of 873 performances. Richard
Burton made his musical debut as King Arthur and Robert Goulet
made his New York debut as Lancelot. Julie Andrews, a personal
friend of T.H. White's played the role of Guenevere. The 1967
screen version featured Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, and
Franco Nero.
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