| re: Guinevere - Likable | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 04:45 pm EDT 08/09/20 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 04:40 pm EDT 08/09/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Guinevere - Likable - Michael_Portantiere 12:22 pm EDT 08/09/20 | |
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| It's been almost 13 years since I've seen Camelot on stage. Is the joust between Lancelot and Sir Lionel actually shown in some way or are we just told about it by the ensemble? I wonder if Lerner actually did any serious research on what the rules for jousting were around the year 500 A.D. in Europe. In movies like Prince Valiant, only bona fide knights were allowed to compete in jousts that were held by King Arthur. Of course, the musical Camelot is pure fantasy so historical accuracy doesn't really apply. Although I seriously doubt that a just and honorable king like Arthur would have permitted a joust requested by 3 of his knights for personal reasons. That just goes against what the sport supposedly was all about. By googling, I found corroboration that 2 well known noblemen were indeed killed in jousts during a period of several hundred years in the Middle Ages. However, in 1559 when Henry II of France was accidentally wounded in a joust from a shattered lance that pierced his eye and subsequently died from the infection that resulted, the sport (as it had been performed up until that time) was pretty much banned. However, some revised form of jousting continued in Britain into the 17th century, but apparently was less dangerous and was judged by some sort of point system. |
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