The original show had an incredibly long running time. The second act had 2 specific scenes: one followed Arthur into the forest and the other followed Mordred's attempts to rouse the knights to battle. To give Richard Burton more stage time, Mordred's scene was cut in the Broadway production with the loss of "Fie On Goodness" as a result. The show was still running long--and "Take Me To The Fair" got the axe. Now you can license either version.
I think they must've cut a few other things too because the original run time was supposed to be about four hours. Versions today that use the cut songs (and scenes) that I know about, they still don't run four hours.
What I read was the Morgan scene got cut because Alan Jay Lerner thought it was too facetious. The version where Mordred (without his aunt's help) persuades Arthur to stay in the forest, I think that scene is actually the more powerful of the two *and* lends more power and drama to the scenes after it besides, but the Morgan scene is cute and isn't seen often enough, so I like seeing it to see what it looks like being actually acted instead of just read about. I suppose that means I like both versions. ^___^
@@julistarling8382 From what I understand, the Morgan Le Fey scene was in for all of the original Broadway run and touring companies as well as the original London production of 1964 though Lerner was never satisfied with it. It was only afterwards that he wrote the revised version with the new scene for Arthur and Mordred which many people feel is an improvement. At any rate, this scene has been very rarely performed in the past 55 years or so. I'm kind of 'on team Morgan' since this (my favorite musical) is a rare musical tragedy, it should be performed with a certain lightness of touch to balance things out (certainly not like the movie, which though I enjoyed it, is very heavy-handed and extremely slow-moving). Plus, this adds to the fairy-tale aspect.
I like the other people doing the movements but they are slightly taking the attention away from Morgan and Mordred. I'd maybe have set some of the other people a little bit farther back. Otherwise good. 😍😊😚
I love the version with Morgan
The original show had an incredibly long running time. The second act had 2 specific scenes: one followed Arthur into the forest and the other followed Mordred's attempts to rouse the knights to battle. To give Richard Burton more stage time, Mordred's scene was cut in the Broadway production with the loss of "Fie On Goodness" as a result. The show was still running long--and "Take Me To The Fair" got the axe. Now you can license either version.
I think they must've cut a few other things too because the original run time was supposed to be about four hours.
Versions today that use the cut songs (and scenes) that I know about, they still don't run four hours.
What I read was the Morgan scene got cut because Alan Jay Lerner thought it was too facetious.
The version where Mordred (without his aunt's help) persuades Arthur to stay in the forest, I think that scene is actually the more powerful of the two *and* lends more power and drama to the scenes after it besides, but the Morgan scene is cute and isn't seen often enough, so I like seeing it to see what it looks like being actually acted instead of just read about.
I suppose that means I like both versions. ^___^
@@julistarling8382 From what I understand, the Morgan Le Fey scene was in for all of the original Broadway run and touring companies as well as the original London production of 1964 though Lerner was never satisfied with it. It was only afterwards that he wrote the revised version with the new scene for Arthur and Mordred which many people feel is an improvement. At any rate, this scene has been very rarely performed in the past 55 years or so. I'm kind of 'on team Morgan' since this (my favorite musical) is a rare musical tragedy, it should be performed with a certain lightness of touch to balance things out (certainly not like the movie, which though I enjoyed it, is very heavy-handed and extremely slow-moving). Plus, this adds to the fairy-tale aspect.
forgotten great number
Mordred looks really gleeful when he hands her the chocolate.
He's got what he wanted.
She just looks sort of bored.
I like the other people doing the movements but they are slightly taking the attention away from Morgan and Mordred.
I'd maybe have set some of the other people a little bit farther back.
Otherwise good. 😍😊😚