Camelot

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Camelot Plot

By: Lerner and Lowe

The castle and grounds of Camelot in legendary old England. This costume outline makes provision for every possible costume change indicated in the script, but indicated logical doubling up for conservation of funds. You may select only those costumes you feel you need, request additional changes or suggest completely different ensembles. Actor size and inventory fluctuation may cause us to vary slightly from the descriptions below.

King Arthur
  1. Thigh length tunic, tights, long enveloping hooded cape, hat (of subdued colors, masculine and utilitarian in appearance) Suitable for Act I, Scene 1 meeting Guenevere, and Act II, Scene 4 - hunting in the woods
  2. A quietly elegant tunic and tights for indoor wear (Suitable for I, 3, and II, 1)
  3. A change of the above (Suitable for I, 6, and II, 2)
  4. A "chain mail" tunic and leggings, over tunic of jazerant armour, helmet, gauntlets, simple cape. (Suitable for I, 4 encountering Lancelot, and II, 8 - the battlefield)
  5. A colorful and elaborate tunic, tights, crown. (Suitable for I, 8 - the jousts, and II, 7-waiting for Guenevere to burn)
  6. An elaborate and jeweled tunic, ceremonial cape, crown, tights (Suitable for I, II and the knighting ceremony)
Guenevere:
  1. An elegant "bridal" dress plus warm fur trimmed hooded winter cape (Suitable for Act I, Scene 1)
  2. An indoor dress plus simpler cape (Dress suitable for I-3. With cape may be used for II, 1 going to the cattle show; II, 8 - the battlefield
  3. A light flowing dress and floral wreath for hair (I, 5 Maying)
  4. A change of indoor dress (Suitable for I, 6 and II, 2)
  5. A colorful and elegant dress, crown (Suitable for I, 8 - the jousts)
  6. An elaborate and jeweled dress, ceremonial cape, crown (I, II knighting ceremony)
  7. A pale colored loosely flowing night shift (II, 6)
  8. A loose rough textured shift (II, 7 - just the thing to wear when being burned at the stake)
Lancelot Du Lac:
  1. A "chain mail" tunic and leggings, dressy tabard, cape.
    2. (Suitable for Act I, 4 "C'est Moi")
  2. An indoor tunic and tights - quietly elegant (I, 6 and II<1)
  3. A very simple utilitarian tunic and tights (I, 9 immediately after the jousting II, 5 - the bedchamber confrontation)
  4. Same items as Arthur's 4th listed costume (I, 7 - the jousts, II, 8 - the battlefield)
  5. Magnificent tunic, ceremonial cape, tights. (I, II - knighting ceremony)
King Pellinore
  1. Gothic armour, but bent and rusty with pieces missing here and there. Plus "mail" tunic, leggings, old cape. (Suitable for Act I, Scene 5 interrupting Maying; II, 3 - the battlefield)
  2. A knee-length looser tunic, tights, somewhat seedy (Indoor scenes, I, 6 and I, 9 and II,1)
  3. A utilitarian tunic, tights, hat, cape (II, 2 - indoor scene; II, 4 - hunting)
The Challenger Knights: Leonel, Sagamore, Dinadani:
  1. (Each) Tunic, tights, hat, winter cape (I, 1 - meeting the Queen)
  2. (Each) Colorful light tunics and tights for Maying
  3. (Each) "chainmail" tunic, leggings, coat of arms surcoat, helmet, gauntlets, bright cape(I, 7 and Dinadan for II, 8)
  4. (Each) Ornamented tunic, tights, ornamented cape (I, 11 - Knighting Ceremony)
Mordred:
  1. Tunic tights. Foppish but sinister, usually black (II, 1 - II, 7)
  2. A simpler utilitarian tunic, tights, long cape, hat (Suitable for II, 3 - searching the woods; and II, 5 - pouncing)
Morgan Le Fey:

A wispy clingy low-necked dress trimmed with magic - usually in reds, plus headdress. She is half sorceress, half temptress

Merlyn :

A Grey wispy magical robe with hood (I, 1)

Nimue: (Needed only if character is seen):

A flowing wispy magical thigh-length dress, tights, headdress usually in blues and greens (I, 2)

Tom of Warwick: A boy of 14

Tunic, hat, tights, cape. Suitable for a young lad of common birth (II, 8 on the battlefield)

Dap: Squire to Lancelot

Tunic , tights, cape, cap (I, 4)

Chorus: (Including Clarius, Lady Sybil, Lady Anne, Colgrevance, Bliant, Guilliam and Castor):
  1. (Each) Basic period garb plus winter capes (I, 1 meeting the Queen)
  2. (Each) Light airy garb for dancing and Maying (I, 5)
  3. (Each) Colorful part colored garb for the jousts (I, 8 - This change is the most fanciful of the choices, having bright, light colors. It is the least "realistic" of the chorus choices)
  4. (Each) Dressier outfits with wide medieval trim and in deep jewel tones. (These are coordinated and the handsomest chorus choices. Suitable for II, II - the knighting; II, 7 the finale)
  5. (Each male knighted) Same as 4th costume listed for the Challenger Knights
Also:

Pages, Heralds, Jesters, Monks, Squires as desired

The period of costuming used for the play is roughly 1200, with some excursions here and there into pure myth. Jazzerant armour is the transition between plain mail and full armour. It is the overlapping platelets of thick leather or thin metal - usually worn over chain mail.

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