Guenevere arrives in Camelot on a wintry morning to marry King Arthur and is greeted festively by the Court. Arthur, shy and nervous, hides in the nearby woods ("I Wonder What the King is Doing Tonight?"). Guenevere comes to the woods, uncertain about herself and her future ("Simple Joys of Maidenhood"). She stumbles into Arthur, who tells her about life in Camelot ("Camelot"), and then discloses his identity. They are each happily charmed by the other.
Arthur learns from Merlyn the wisdom of peace and brotherhood before the Wizard is fatefully drawn into the cave of Nimue for his eternal sleep ("Come to Me"), and is inspired to establish the Round Table. The news of this reaches young Lancelot in France, who is determined to come to Camelot and join Arthur's knights ("C'est Moi"). A May Day celebration takes place on the castle grounds ("The Lusty Month of May"), where Arthur introduces his wife to Lancelot. Guenevere takes an instant dislike to the cocky young man and instigates him to engage three knights of the Round Table in a jousting match ("Then You May Take Me to the Fair"). Arthur is dismayed by this and at a loss to understand a woman's way ("How to Handle a Woman").
In the jousting match Lancelot easily defeats all three knights, drawing the admiration of all, including Guenevere. Lancelot falls in love with the Queen and is torn by the conflict between this love and his devotion to Arthur. He asks permission to leave Camelot for foreign conquests. Returning two years later, Arthur makes him a Knight of the Round Table. Arthur is painfully aware of the feelings between Lancelot and Guenevere but remains silent to preserve the tranquility of Camelot. Lancelot reveals his feelings to Guenevere ("If Ever I Would Leave You"). Nevertheless, she remains faithful to Arthur, and helps him in carrying out the affairs of State ("What Do Simple Folks Do").
Mordred, Arthur's illegitimate son, comes to Camelot to dishonour the King and try to gain the throne for himself. He schemes with his sorceress-aunt, Morgan le Fey, to trap Arthur in a forest one night. During this night, Lancelot visits Guenevere in her chambers, where she reveals her love for him ("I Loved You Once in Silence"). Mordred and some of the Knights of the Round Table interrupt, accuse Lancelot of treachery, and imprison him. Lancelot escapes, but Guenevere is sentenced to burn. ("Guenevere") At the last moment, Lancelot rescues her and takes her off with him to France.
For the sake of his own honour and that of Camelot, Arthur must now wage war on France. Just before the final battle, he meets Lancelot and Guenevere, and forgives them both. In camp, Arthur meets a young stowaway who wants to join the Round Table. Arthur knights him on the field of battle and sends him back to England to grow up there and pass on to future generations the ideals of Camelot.
Arthur learns from Merlyn the wisdom of peace and brotherhood before the Wizard is fatefully drawn into the cave of Nimue for his eternal sleep ("Come to Me"), and is inspired to establish the Round Table. The news of this reaches young Lancelot in France, who is determined to come to Camelot and join Arthur's knights ("C'est Moi"). A May Day celebration takes place on the castle grounds ("The Lusty Month of May"), where Arthur introduces his wife to Lancelot. Guenevere takes an instant dislike to the cocky young man and instigates him to engage three knights of the Round Table in a jousting match ("Then You May Take Me to the Fair"). Arthur is dismayed by this and at a loss to understand a woman's way ("How to Handle a Woman").
In the jousting match Lancelot easily defeats all three knights, drawing the admiration of all, including Guenevere. Lancelot falls in love with the Queen and is torn by the conflict between this love and his devotion to Arthur. He asks permission to leave Camelot for foreign conquests. Returning two years later, Arthur makes him a Knight of the Round Table. Arthur is painfully aware of the feelings between Lancelot and Guenevere but remains silent to preserve the tranquility of Camelot. Lancelot reveals his feelings to Guenevere ("If Ever I Would Leave You"). Nevertheless, she remains faithful to Arthur, and helps him in carrying out the affairs of State ("What Do Simple Folks Do").
Mordred, Arthur's illegitimate son, comes to Camelot to dishonour the King and try to gain the throne for himself. He schemes with his sorceress-aunt, Morgan le Fey, to trap Arthur in a forest one night. During this night, Lancelot visits Guenevere in her chambers, where she reveals her love for him ("I Loved You Once in Silence"). Mordred and some of the Knights of the Round Table interrupt, accuse Lancelot of treachery, and imprison him. Lancelot escapes, but Guenevere is sentenced to burn. ("Guenevere") At the last moment, Lancelot rescues her and takes her off with him to France.
For the sake of his own honour and that of Camelot, Arthur must now wage war on France. Just before the final battle, he meets Lancelot and Guenevere, and forgives them both. In camp, Arthur meets a young stowaway who wants to join the Round Table. Arthur knights him on the field of battle and sends him back to England to grow up there and pass on to future generations the ideals of Camelot.
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