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Author:   Megan Woller (Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Gannon University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.40cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780197511039

ISBN 10:   0197511031
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   26 August 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of 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: Naiveté 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

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In a narrative as compelling as the myth itself, Woller's important study reveals how song and dance have been used to adapt and readapt the story of King Arthur into some of the most important and beloved musicals in Broadway and Hollywood history. * Dominic McHugh, Professor in Musicology at the University of Sheffield and author of Loverly: The Life and Times of 'My Fair Lady' *

...Camelot to Spamalot sheds a fascinating light on the many ways in which a century of popular culture has responded to one of the most enduring of all stories. -- Vaughan Edwards, Stage and Cinema In a narrative as compelling as the myth itself, Woller's important study reveals how song and dance have been used to adapt and readapt the story of King Arthur into some of the most important and beloved musicals in Broadway and Hollywood history. -- Dominic McHugh, Professor in Musicology at the University of Sheffield and author of Loverly: The Life and Times of 'My Fair Lady'

"""...Camelot to Spamalot sheds a fascinating light on the many ways in which a century of popular culture has responded to one of the most enduring of all stories."" -- Vaughan Edwards, Stage and Cinema ""In a narrative as compelling as the myth itself, Woller's important study reveals how song and dance have been used to adapt and readapt the story of King Arthur into some of the most important and beloved musicals in Broadway and Hollywood history."" -- Dominic McHugh, Professor in Musicology at the University of Sheffield and author of Loverly: The Life and Times of 'My Fair Lady'"

Author Information

Megan Woller is Director of Liberal Studies and Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at Gannon University. Her research interests include film music, musical theater, popular music, and music and gender. She is the author of articles on film musical adaptations in The Oxford Handbook of Musical Theatre Adaptations, Music and the Moving Image, and Studies in Musical Theatre.

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