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Camelot

All right, so it isn't as good as My Fair Lady. But a musical doesn't have to match My Fair Lady to be good, and Lerner and Loewe's latest effort, Camelot, is a fortuitous combination of wonderful music, snazzy sets, and fine performances that is sure to be a hit in its own right.

There are some flaws, to be sure. Even though the show has been pared considerably, it is still too long. Perhaps Lerner and Loewe will not admit that an overdose of goodness can be almost as numbing as a large amount of badness, but the theatregoer begins to realize it towards the end of the two-hour first act and again in the middle of the second. Too many of the songs, especially in the first act, sound the same; often, when the orchestra plays an introduction, you can't be sure whether a new song or a reprise is forthcoming. And I found Roddy McDowall as Mordred incredibly sickening, even granted that he is playing Mordred.

But the virtues of this show well outweigh its faults. The costumes, designed by Tony Duquette and Adrian, and Oliver Smith's sets combine with lighting by Feder

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Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall (1928 - 1998)

RoderickAndrew Anthony Jude(Roddy)McDowall

Born in Lambeth, London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Son of Thomas Andrew McDowall and Winifriede Lucinda (Corcoran) McDowall

Brother of Virginia McDowall

Died at age 70in Studio City, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Roddy McDowall is Notable.

Biography

My whole life I've been trying to prove I'm not just yesterday.--Roddy McDowall

Roddy McDowall was "an English-born American actor, film director and photographer. He is best known for portraying Cornelius and Caesar in the original Planet of the Apes film series, as well as Galen in the spin-off television series. He began his acting career as a child in England, and then in the United States, in How Green Was My Valley (1941), My Friend Flicka (1943) and Lassie Come Home (1943). As an adult, McDowall appeared most frequently as a character actor on radio, stage, film, and television." ^[1]

His credits include doze

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Roddy McDowall

British actor (1928–1998)

Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall (17 September 1928 – 3 October 1998) was a British-American actor, whose career spanned over 270 screen and stage roles across over 60 years.^[1] Born in London, he began his acting career as a child in his native England, before moving to the United States at the outbreak of World War II. He achieved prominence for his starring roles in How Green Was My Valley (1941), My Friend Flicka (1943), and Lassie Come Home (1943). Unlike many of his contemporaries, McDowall managed to evolve from child star into an adult performer and appeared on Broadway as well as in films, winning a Tony Award for his performance in Jean Anouilh's The Fighting Cock. For portraying Octavian in the historical epic Cleopatra (1963), he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.

McDowall played Cornelius and Caesar in the original Planet of the Apes film series, as well as Galen in the short-lived spin-off television series. His other notable films included Orson Welles' Macbeth (1948), The Longest Da