Teens Sought for "Camelot" Musical

King Arthur is the central character in these stories. It is much debated whether or not he was a historical character.

Guenevere is said to be the daughter of Leodegrance of Cameliard in late medieval romance.

Lancelot is Arthur’s best knight and best friend. But Lancelot betrays Arthur in his love affair with Guenevere. Lancelot is a deeply conflicted figure.

Arthur’s adviser, prophet and magician, is basically the creation of Geoffrey of Monmouth, who in his twelfth-century History of the Kings of Britain combined the Welsh traditions about a bard and prophet named Myrddin with the story that the ninth-century chronicler Nennius tells about Ambrosius.

Mordred has become the quintessential traitorous villain in the Arthurian tradition.

Sir Lionel was the younger son of King Bors in Arthurian legend, and brother of Bors the Younger. Both brothers became knights of the Round Table.

Other knight of the Round Table.

Other knight of the Round Table.

Is Morgause’s sister and Arthur’s half-sister. She lives in the enchanted forest and shows up now and then to torment knights and others with her magic.

Son of Sir Ector was one of the Knights of the Round Table and King Arthur’s foster brother.

Nimue is the Lady of the Lake in Arthurian legend. She is also Merlyn’s lover and seducer.

The Questing Beast is a magical creature that only a Pellinore can hunt. It needs to be hunted to survive. It seems to be used by White to symbolize some of the folly of knighthood.

Tom of Warwick is Sir Thomas Malory, who makes an appearance at the end of The Once and Future King, and this is the Tom that both T. H. White and Alan Jay Lerner had in mind. He is ordered by Arthur to preserve the memory of Camelot.

Sir Galahad was one of the legendary knights of King Arthur’s round table.

Elaine of Astolat is a lady in Arthurian legend who falls in love with Lancelot, when he spurns her, she dies of heartbreak, and, per her request, is put in a boat to float down the Thames to Camelot, where her body is discovered. Lancelot explains the story and then pays for her elaborate funeral.