Camelot (the 1960 musical)

From wikipedia:

Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics) and Frederick Loewe (music). It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White tetralogy novel The Once and Future King.

The original 1960 production, directed by Moss Hart and orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, ran on Broadway for 873 performances, winning four Tony Awards and spawning several revivals, foreign productions and a 1967 film version. The original cast album was America's top-selling LP for 60 weeks.^[1] The musical has become associated with the Kennedy Administration, which is sometimes referred to as the Camelot era, stressing its glamorous, hopeful, media culture image.

Listen to “The Simple Joys of Maidenhood” and answer the following questions:

• To whom is she singing?

• Where is she?

• What adjectives does she use to describe herself?

• What simile does she use? What is she comparing?

• What is fueling her anger? (provide textual evidence)

• Paraphrase the last line of the intro:

“Shall I be young before I’m old” – (paradox)

Find synonyms for the following words:

• • 1. Pleasures

    2. Adventuresome

    3. Longing

    4. Agony

    5. Forest

    6. Duel

    7. Families

    8. Entertaining

Now listen to "C'est Moi"

Listen to “C’est Moi”

• • 1. Name 3 ways in which Lancelot says a knight should be invincible?

    2. Find words and phrases that relate to Lancelot’s:

       • Fighting ability

       • Spiritual purity

       • Morality