AS SEEN ON TV: KING ARTHUR

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......

KING ARTHUR

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)

From Wikipedia:

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!