Line #3 Theatre/LaLegendeDuRoiArthur


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3	''La Légende du Roi Arthur'' is a French musical written by Dove Attia based on ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as the name indicates]]) the Myth/ArthurianLegend. It premiered in 2015.
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5	It is loosely based on two major Arthurian sources, Creator/ChretienDeTroyes' ''Literature/LancelotTheKnightOfTheCart'' and Thomas Malory's ''Literature/LeMorteDArthur''.
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7	!!''La Légende du Roi Arthur'' provides examples of:
8	* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Played with in that they aren't exactly animals, yet Méleagant's shadows behave like dogs when they're not fighting. Méleagant even pets them like dogs a few times.
9	* AngryMobSong: "Delivre nous" in which the people of Britain call for Arthur to end the war
10	* AnimalMotifs: Merlin is associated with birds.
11	* BastardBastard: Inverted with Morganne- she's Igraine's ''legitimate'' daughter, who resents and plots to destroy her heroic bastard half-brother out of jealousy at his succession into power and plenty.
12	* BittersweetEnding: It's less bleak than the original ending, which adds the "sweet" part, but Guinevre and Lancelot are still exiled and Arthur is left completely alone- and it's entirely possible Morganne is pregnant with Mordred. (In the Creator/{{Takarazuka\|Revue}} staging, she ''definitely'' is.)
13	* CourtlyLove: Perhaps the most famous example
14	* DefeatMeansFriendship: Or at least a grudging respect and willingness to accept a place of honor. Urien becomes one of the Knights of the Round Table even though he fought in Méleagant's civil war agains Arthur's claim to the throne. He seems very bitter about the whole thing.
15	* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Morganne taking Guinevre's form and [[BrotherSisterIncest sleeping with Arthur]] certainly isn't treated as a ''good'' thing, but she doesn't really face the degree of condemnation for it you'd expect, especially considering her StartOfDarkness was witnessing Arthur's father using the same deception on their mother. The Korean staging, however, depicts it as traumatic for Arthur, rather than just upsetting -- he actually curls into a ball and weeps after he realizes what has happened and how genuinely his sister hates him.
16	* {{Expy}}:
17	** Méleagant is one of {{ComicBook/Loki}}- specifically, the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse version. They look ''very'' similar, and both of them are [[TheResenter resenters]] who ultimately ally themselves with the villain because they feel scorned by the success of a nobler, worthier rival (whose greater worth is proved by being able to wield a magical weapon Loki and Méleagant cannot even lift), though Méleagant never completes the journey to AntiHero Loki eventually went through.
18	** Guinevre is a milder example; she's physically modeled on [[Series/GameOfThrones Daenerys Targaryen]] and even wears a couple of similar dresses, but doesn't have much in common with her personally.
19	* FashionableAsymmetry: A lot. The most gratuitous example is probably the fur-trimmed red ankle-length coats that the Knights of the Round Table wear as a sort of uniform. Said coats only cover the right half of the body/
20	* HeroOfAnotherStory: Sir Gawain has plenty of stories about him in Arthurian legend, but he's mostly just a background character here.
21	* HeroicBastard: King Arthur
22	* IAmBecomingSong: "Je me relève" for Arthur.
23	* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: "Nos corps à la derive" oozes it
24	* IWantSong: "Rever l'impossible" for Guinevre. Lancelot's part of "Si je te promet" could count as well
25	* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Lancelot. He gave it up to save Guinevre.
26	* KnightInShiningArmor: Lancelot, again
27	* LoveHurts: The harsh reality of the CourtlyLove between Guinevre and Lancelot, who not only can't be together, but feel extremely guilty for betraying Arthur.
28	* LoveMakesYouEvil: Méleagant got a lot more villainous after Arthur married Guinevre, though Morgan helped a ''lot'' with that.
29	* MundaneUtility: Méleagant can form his shadows into a chair/throne to sit on
30	* PietaPlagiarism: When Lacelot and Guinevre are caught and Guinevre accepts execution.
31	* RomanceOnTheSet: Zaho (Morganne) and Florente (Arthur) met during the production and are now married with a baby!
32	* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Morganne's second costume and Méleagant's castle.
33	* RoyalBrat: Méleagant is Prince of Gorre and was pretty awful to begin with.
34	* SurpriseIncest: Well, it was a surprise for Arthur, anyway.
35	* TenorBoy: Inverted with Méleagant. More or less played straight with Arthur.
36	* ToxicFriendInfluence: Morganne to Méleagant, who was never a particularly great person to start with but had been considering a HeelFaceTurn before running into her.
37	* TragicVillain: Morganne and Méleagant both.
38	* TwoFaced: Méleagant after selling his soul.
39	* VillainLoveSong: "Nos corps à la derive"
40	* VillainSong: Plenty of them. "Tu vas le payer," "À nos vouex sacré," and "Advienne que pourra"
41	* WrongGenreSavvy:
42	** Guinevre seems to think she's in a fairy tale rather than an Arthurian romance and acts like she's gotten a happily ever after before the first act even ends
43	** Méleagant thinks he's the hero and doesn't accept that he's the villain until he sells his soul to Morganne

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