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'Camelot' is 50 years old this week.


'Camelot' opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre on December 3, 1960.
It closed on January 5, 1963 after 873 performances and 2 previews.
It had an incredible cast that included, Julie Andrews, Richard Burton and Roddy McDowall, as well as Robert Goulet in his first Broadway role. John Cullum also made his Broadway debut in the show.
Directed by Moss Hart, it won four Tony Awards.
The original cast album was America's top-selling LP for 63 weeks.


An Australian production opened in Adelaide in October 1963 produced by the J. C. Williamson company and ran for nearly three years.

London got its production in August 1964 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
It starred Laurence Harvey as Arthur, Elizabeth Larner as Guenevere and Barry Kent as Lancelot.
It played for 518 performances.

Richard Harris played Arthur for a spectacular revival at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre which is on DVD.

The film version was made in 1967 starring Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave.

Updated On: 12/5/10 at 08:10 PM

Ive never seen this show or listened to the score, i have the CD and even a bootleg DVD as well as a mate who was in a production of it a few months ago but still have never seen or heard it. I don't know why? lol

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Its not recorded at the Apollo but it is that production.
It was recorded fro HBO in 1982.

Absolutely adore the Camelot score - full of beautiful Fritz Loewe melodies and the master-cratsman Lerner was at the peak of his lyrical powers.

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Thanks Mama, looks interesting. I too LOVE the show, the last fully professional one here did have Richard Harris, but was a cutdown of a cutdown touring version. Some songs had one verse, LOL It wasn't pretty, though Richard Muenz as Lancelot was!!!

um, i will look, but then i have no clue how to post pictures, dinosaur that i am, LOL