Camelot
The Shining City
Published on 9. July 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
88 pages
978-1-4742-7274-2 (ISBN)
Description
Camelot: The Shining City is a modern re-telling of the myth of King Arthur, by award-winning playwright James Phillips.
Developed in collaboration with Slung Low, specialists in spectacular theatrical experiences, and Sheffield People's Theatre, Camelot: The Shining City is written for a company of over 150 actors, bringing the medieval story to breathtaking life.
An epic story told in three parts, this edition was published to coincide with the world premiere, staged on 9 July 2015.
Developed in collaboration with Slung Low, specialists in spectacular theatrical experiences, and Sheffield People's Theatre, Camelot: The Shining City is written for a company of over 150 actors, bringing the medieval story to breathtaking life.
An epic story told in three parts, this edition was published to coincide with the world premiere, staged on 9 July 2015.
Reviews / Votes
James Phillips's script is a smart piece of work, superimposing elements of mythology on to a near-future dystopian tale of "a world where people have decided that the best way to go forwards is to go backwards". . . . a provocative vision of how riskily we might reinvoke "British values" * Financial Times *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
102 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4742-7274-2 (9781474272742)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Person
James Phillips is a writer and director whose plays include The White Whale (Slung Low/Leeds), The Rubenstein Kiss (Hampstead Theatre), City Stories (St James's Theatre) and Hidden in the Sand (Trafalgar Studios). His first play, The Rubenstein Kiss, won both the John Whiting Award (2006) and the TMA Award for Best Play.