Kids in Camelotby Bartlett-Billings-Leehy-O'Mara Duration: 60 minutes. Large mixed cast. 1 basic set. A comic adaptation of Mark Twain's Conneticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. From Bushfire Press Kids in Camelot is based on Mark Twain's A Conneticutt Yankee in King Arthur's Court and tells the tale of a boy (Tristan) who, having fallen asleep doing his history homework, wakes up in Camelot. He is mistaken for a sorcerer and thrown into the dungeon. At the Round Table he manages to insult King Arthur and finds himself about to be placed in the stocks. However, young Tristan is a very resourceful, modern boy; he uses his mobile phone to check the internet and learns that there is an eclipse due. So he uses his 21st Century knowledge and his own cunning to not only extricate himself from the situation - but to take over the running of Camelot. Unfortunately, things don't always go smoothly and young Tristan finds it difficult to get the peasants onside. Find out more, download free classroom activities, purchase, or order a free perusal copy here.
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