Camelot
George Jenkins Theatre
April/May 1983
Camelot brings the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table to life with an extraordinary score and a story that poignantly dramatizes the human conflict at the heart of this classic tale. Based on T.H. White’s novel, The Once and Future King, Camelot tells the story of Arthur, a young squire who becomes King after extracting the sword Excalibur from its legendary rock. Camelot opens in the midst of the battle that destroyed King Arthur’s kingdom, and goes back to tell the story of how the battle came to be. The musical follows Arthur from a young, ambitious, idealistic King who dreams of creating a just society to the despairing king bearing witness to his dream’s demise. Arthur’s dream is inspired by his vivacious Queen Guenevere. Together, they create a kingdom where might works at the service of right and the King serves at a round table with no head — a symbol of collaboration and unity. But just as this utopian vision starts to become reality, everything begins to unravel. When Guenevere falls in love with Arthur’s most celebrated, beloved, and loyal knight, Lancelot, they begin a romance as doomed as it is passionate. Their troubles are compounded when Arthur’s illegitimate son, Mordred, arrives on the scene.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director | Edward Hill |
Musical Director | Nigel Nettleship |
Choreographer | Jan Megna |
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Production Co-ordinator | John Beaney |
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Stage Manager | Joan Hooke |
Assistant Stage Manger | Mike Smith |
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Costume Design | Jean Riley |
| Alice Jones |
Set Design | Edward Hill |
Lighting Director | Bruce Morton |
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Assistant to Director | Pam Dart |
Assistant to Choreographer | Pam Dart |
Rehearsal Pianist | Brenda Mullins |
Lighting Operator | Patricia Morton |
Scenic Artist | Patricia Morton |
Set Design Assistant | Patricia Morton |
| John Beaney |
Set Construction | Len Marsh |
Properties | Wendy Raitt |
| Celia Riuley |
Program/Poster | Alberto Salvato |
Publicity | Shirley Bowen |
Sound | Heather Birrell |
Front of House | Geoff Hinde |
| Wendy Hinde |
Ticket Secretary | Sally Cross |
Refreshments | Lesley Hills |
Gala Evening | Wendy Shakeshaft |
| Allan Burrows |
Make Up | Rhonda Horwood |
Musical Assistants | Heather Birrell |
| Geoff Dart |
| Reg Mullins |
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Organ | Nigel Nettleship |
Piano | Brenda Mullins |
Trumpets | Max Lee |
| Shane Walterfang |
CAST
Sir Dinadan | Robert McGregor |
Sir Clarius | Ross Huggard |
Merlyn | John Beaney |
Arthur | Robert Davies |
Guenevere | Elizabeth Coops |
Nimue | Joyce Harding |
A Page | Timothy McGregor |
Lanceleot | Kenyan Aymes |
Squire Dap | Gordan Barrow |
King Pellimore | Christopher Morton |
Horrid | George |
Sir Lionel | Chris Chatfield |
Sir Sagramore | Alberto Salvato |
Lady Anne | Joyce Harding |
Lady Sybil | Maree Mullin |
Mordred | Mark Bradley |
Morgan le Fey | Sonya Dobson |
Ballad Singer | Frank Cinaglia |
Archbishop | Frederick Birkenshaw |
Tom/Warwick | Nicholas Musgrave |
| Andrew McGregor |
| Ward Reid |
| Matthew Sully |
Lords | Gordon barrow |
| John Beaney |
| Fred Birkenshaw |
| Chris Chatfield |
| Frank Cinaglia |
| Anthony Douglass |
| Ross Huggard |
| Graeme McDougal |
| Robert McGregor |
| Allan Paul |
| Alberto Salvato |
| Keith Sully |
Ladies | Michelle Ames |
| Shirley Bowen |
| Sonya Dobson |
| Joyce Harding |
| Jenny Leslie |
| Maree Mullin |
| Yvonne McGuiness |
| Virginia Reid |
| Jean Riley |
| Betty Schlager |
| Heidi Traube |
Pages | Nicholas Musgrave |
| Andrew McGregor |
| Timothy McGregor |
| Stephen Rait |
| Ward Reid |
| Matthew Sully |
Dancers | Michelle Barker |
| Danee Lindsay |
| Lesa Parnkam |
| Karen Warrington |
| Yvette Willoughby |
| Andrew Carroll |
| Allan Paul |
