Uthur Pendragon får det magiske sværd af den mystiske troldmand Merlin. Da Uthur død borer han sværdet ned i en sten og erklærer at Englands næste konge skal være den, der kan trække sværdet op af stenen. Uthur uægte søn Arthur drager sværdet mange år senere og bliver konge. Han gifter sig med den underskønne Guenevere og samler ridderne om det runde bord. Det hele kunne ikke være bedre men magten korrumpere, Guenevere bliver forelsket i Sir Lancelot og mørke kræfter truer landet anført af Arthurs magthungrende søster. Og det er bare begyndelsen - på enden.
Kærligheden til kvinden han ikke kan få, driver den ensomme ridder Lancelot til det legendariske kongedømme Camelot. Den smukke Lady Guinevere af Leonesse skal giftes med Kong Arthur , ikke bare fordi hans hær beskytter hendes land, men fordi hun elsker den både vise og ædle konge. Mens hun forbereder sig på gøre sit indtog i Camelot som kongedømmets nye dronning, har hun et tilfældigt møde med Lancelot, hvilket vækker stærke og modstridende følelser i hende. For Kong Arthur er Lady Guinevere hans livs store kærlighed og hans sidste chance for at skaffe sit kongedømme en elsket dronning. Samtidig betragter han Lancelot som en sand ridder. Han tager dem begge til sit hjerte uden at ane, at det samtidig bliver starten på et forræderi mod ham.
Having failed in their quest for the Holy Grail, the knights of the Round Table return to Camelot, their number reduced to a mere handful. Seeing a rift developing between Lancelot and Mordred, Arthur urges his knights to bury their differences and become friends. However, the king is unaware that Lancelot is having an affair with his queen, Guinevere. Lancelot is torn between his duty to his king and his love for the queen, whilst Mordred is determined to use his infidelity to destroy him.
The plot of his illegitimate son Mordred to gain the throne, and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, threatens to topple King Arthur and destroy his "round table" of knights.
Classic tale of King Arthur and how his wife is kidnapped by his evil sister. Lancelot is sent out to try and retrieve the lost queen and unfortunately falls in love with her. Forbidden love, revenge, family rivalry, and magic are all prominent themes.
As border wars break out in Camelot, the young princess Guinevere is taken to live in safety with the High Priestess L'Fei. When King Arthur claims the crown, Guinevere is promised to him and she must leave her true love, Prince Lancelot in order to unite the land. In a tale of honor, loyalty and the price of war, Guinevere is forced to choose between the only man she has ever loved and her duty to her kingdom.
Shot live from the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City, this presentation of the 1980 Broadway revival of the beloved Lerner & Loewe classic follows King Arthur, who founds the kingdom of Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table. Their goal: fight for justice and right, but Arthur only sees his ideal crumble when his wife Guenevere falls in love with his favorite knight, Sir Lancelot.
This story is set in the 13th century, in Britain, where Lancelot, who was raised by Vivian, the Lady of the Lake, becomes one the Knight of the Round Tables and falls secretly in love with Guinevere, the wife of King Arthur, for whom he wants to accomplish many deeds.