We're taking a break from the "TV Rerun Leftovers" on this Black Friday, in
order to pay tribute to a legendary actor.....
On this date 125 years ago, William Henry Pratt was born in Camberwell, London, UK.
He's better known to the world as Boris Karloff......
AS SEEN IN:
'Studio One' -
"A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court"
ADAPTED BY:
Mark Twain
PORTRAYED BY:
Boris Karloff
TV STATUS:
Recastaway
Dream Figure
TV DIMENSION:
Earth Prime-Time (but in a dream)
King Arthur is a legendary British leader of the late 5th and early 6th
centuries, who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of
Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details of Arthur's
story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and his historical
existence is debated and disputed by modern historians. The sparse historical
background of Arthur is gleaned from various sources, including the "Annales
Cambriae", the "Historia Brittonum", and the writings of Gildas. Arthur's name
also occurs in early poetic sources such as "Y Gododdin".
The legendary
Arthur developed as a figure of international interest largely through the
popularity of Geoffrey of Monmouth's fanciful and imaginative 12th-century
"Historia Regum Britanniae" ("History of the Kings of Britain").
The revived
Arthurian romance also proved influential in the United States, with such books
as Sidney Lanier's "The Boy's King Arthur" (1880) reaching wide audiences and
providing inspiration for Mark Twain's satiric "A Connecticut Yankee in King
Arthur's Court" (1889).
BCnU!
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