Spamalot
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Lyrics | Eric Idle |
Awards | Tony Award for Best Musical Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album |
Spamalot (also known as Monty Python's Spamalot: A Musical (Lovingly) Ripped Off from the Motion Picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail) is a
.The original 2005
A Paramount Pictures film adaptation, directed by Casey Nicholaw in his directorial debut from a script by Idle, was in pre-production as of 2021.[3] Idle later stated on Twitter that the film would not be made due to two other of his former colleagues vetoing the project.[4]
Synopsis
Before the show
A recording encourages members of the audience to "let your cell phones and pagers ring willy-nilly," and comments that they should "be aware there are heavily armed knights on stage that may drag you on stage and impale you." This was recorded by Eric Idle.[5]
Act I
A historian narrates a brief overview of
Robin, a collector of
While attempting to recruit a peasant named Dennis Galahad, Arthur explains that he became King of England because the
Arthur and the four knights gather in Camelot, a deliberately anachronistic place resembling
Urged on by the Lady of the Lake ("Find Your Grail"), the knights set off. They travel throughout the land until they reach a castle, only to be viciously taunted by lewd
Act II
The knights are separated after the French soldiers' attack. Arthur and Patsy become lost in a "dark and very expensive forest". Arthur meets the terrifying but silly
Arthur and Robin reunite. The Knights Who Say Ni accept the shrubbery, but then demand that Arthur put on a musical and bring it to Broadway "but not an
(In countries that don't have a tradition of Jews in the theatre, the lyrics of "You Won't Succeed on Broadway" are sometimes changed to instead describe the high production standards and acting talent needed to stage a successful musical in that country. For example, in the South Korean version, Sir Robin sings about recent successful musicals that were staged in Seoul during the previous decade. Meanwhile, members of the ensemble appear onstage dressed as various characters from those musicals. Among these characters are a cat from Cats, Kenickie from Grease, Kim from Miss Saigon, the Phantom from The Phantom of the Opera, and Velma Kelly from Chicago.)
While the Lady of the Lake laments her lack of stage time ("Diva's Lament (What Ever Happened to My Part?)"), Sir Lancelot receives a letter of distress from someone who is being forced into an
King Arthur begins to give up hope of ever putting on a Broadway musical and laments that he is alone, ignoring Patsy ("I'm All Alone"). The Lady of the Lake appears and tells Arthur that he and the Knights have been in a Broadway musical all along (in some productions she also points out Patsy's presence, to which Arthur claims that he sees Patsy as "family" and thus does not always consider him a separate person). Patsy reveals he is half Jewish, but did not previously inform Arthur because "that's not really the sort of thing you say to a heavily armed Christian." The Lady of the Lake tells Arthur that to end the musical, he must find the Grail and marry someone. Arthur proposes to the Lady of the Lake, and she happily accepts. They plan to marry after Arthur finds the Grail ("Twice in Every Show").
The knights reunite and meet Tim the Enchanter, who warns them of the danger of a killer rabbit. When the rabbit bites a knight's head off, Arthur uses the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch against it, knocking down a nearby hill and revealing that the "evil rabbit" was actually a puppet controlled by a surprised puppeteer. A large stone block showing a combination of letters and numbers is also revealed. (The letters are based on the seat numbering system used by each theatre. They are changed from performance to performance to discourage audience members from intentionally booking any of the possible seats. The seat is typically on the aisle in one of the first few rows nearest the orchestra. In the Broadway production and on the tour it is either A101, B101, C101 or D101; i.e., Seat 101 – which is house right of the center aisle – of Rows A, B, C, or D.[6] In the West End production a word is revealed – DONE, CONE or BONE, referring to D1, C1 and B1 respectively.)
After pondering the final clue, Arthur admits that they're "a bit stumped with the clue thing" and asks God to "give them a hand". A large hand points to the audience and Arthur realises that the letters and numbers refer to a seat number in the audience. The grail is "found" (with some sleight of hand) under the seat, and the person sitting in the seat is rewarded with a small trophy and a polaroid photo ("The Holy Grail"). Arthur marries the Lady of the Lake (who reveals that her name is Guinevere) and Lancelot marries Herbert, who finally gets a chance to sing. Sir Robin decides to pursue a career in musical theatre. The King of Swamp Castle attempts to interrupt the finale and stop all of the "bloody singing", but Lancelot knocks him unconscious with a shovel. The company then invites the audience to partake in a sing-along of "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life". ("Act 2 Finale / Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (Company Bow)").
Musical numbers
Eric Idle wrote the musical's book and lyrics and collaborated with John Du Prez on the music, except for "Finland", which was written by Michael Palin for Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album; "Knights of the Round Table" and "Brave Sir Robin", which were composed by Neil Innes for Monty Python and the Holy Grail; and "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life", which was originally written by Idle for the film Monty Python's Life of Brian.
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**Does not appear on the original cast album.
Notes
The song "You Won't Succeed on Broadway" was changed to "You Won't Succeed in Showbiz" for the London production and later replaced with the "Star Song" on the UK tour.
Characters
Court of Camelot
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Other characters
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Doubling of parts
In tribute to the film, where six actors played the majority of the male parts (and a few female ones), several actors play multiple roles; the only major characters not doubling are Arthur and the Lady of the Lake. In the Broadway production, the following doubling is used:
- Lancelot/2nd Sentry/The French Taunter/Knight of Ni/Tim the Enchanter
- Robin/1st Sentry/Brother Maynard/2nd Guard
- Galahad/King of Swamp Castle/Black Knight
- Patsy/Mayor of Finland/1st Guard
- Bedevere/Mrs Galahad/Concorde
- The Historian/Prince Herbert/Not Dead Fred/Lead Minstrel/The French Taunter's Best Friend
Sara Ramirez doubled as a witch and a cow in the Chicago previews, but both parts were cut during the pre-Broadway run.[7] Several pairs of characters originally played by the same Monty Python member were reduced to one: the Dead Collector and Sir Robin (Idle), the Large Man with a Dead Body and Sir Lancelot (Cleese), and Dennis the Politically-Active Peasant and Sir Galahad (Michael Palin). In the 2023 production, the actor playing the Historian does not portray the French Taunter's best friend, but instead plays a mime, as well as a baby and a nun.
Notable casts
Role | Broadway | West End | West End Revival | Broadway Revival |
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2005 | 2006 | 2012 | 2023 | |
King Arthur | Tim Curry | Marcus Brigstocke | James Monroe Iglehart | |
The Lady of the Lake | Sara Ramirez | Hannah Waddingham | Bonnie Langford | Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer |
Sir Lancelot
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Hank Azaria | Tom Goodman-Hill | Kit Orton | Taran Killam |
Patsy | Michael McGrath | David Birrell | Todd Carty | Christopher Fitzgerald |
Sir Robin | David Hyde Pierce | Robert Hands | Rob Delaney | Michael Urie |
Sir Galahad
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Christopher Sieber | Jon Robyns | Nik Walker | |
Sir Bedevere
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Steve Rosen | Tony Timberlake | Robin Armstrong | Jimmy Smagula |
Prince Herbert | Christian Borle | Darren Southworth | Adam Ellis | Ethan Slater |
The Historian |
Notable cast replacements
Broadway (2005-2009)
- King Arthur: Stephen Collins, Michael Siberry, John O'Hurley
- Sir Lancelot: Rick Holmes
- Sir Robin: Martin Moran, Clay Aiken, Robert Petkoff
- The Lady of the Lake: Lauren Kennedy, Marin Mazzie, Hannah Waddingham, Merle Dandridge
- Patsy: David Hibbard, Drew Lachey
- Sir Galahad: Lewis Cleale, Bradley Dean
- Sir Bedevere: Brad Oscar
- Prince Herbert: Tom Deckman
West End (2006-2009)
- King Arthur: Simon Russell Beale, Peter Davison, Sanjeev Bhaskar
- Sir Lancelot: Bill Ward
- The Lady of the Lake: Marin Mazzie, Nina Söderquist[8]
- Sir Galahad: Michael Xavier
West End Revival (2012-2014)
- King Arthur: Stephen Tompkinson, Joe Pasquale, Les Dennis, Richard McCourt
- The Lady of the Lake: Anna-Jane Casey, Carley Stenson
- Sir Lancelot: Daniel Boys
- Patsy: Warwick Davis, Dominic Wood
Broadway Revival (2023-2024)
- Sir Lancelot: Alex Brightman
- Sir Robin: Jonathan Bennett[9]
Production history
Chicago (2005)

Previews of the show began in
Two musical numbers were dropped from Act One while the production was still in Chicago.[7] During the scene set in the "Witch Village", the torch song "Burn Her!" was originally performed by Sir Bedevere, The Witch, Sir Robin, Lancelot and Villagers. At the French Castle, "The Cow Song", in a parody of a stereotypical film noir/cabaret style, was performed by The Cow and French Citizens. Before the two songs were cut in Chicago, the lead vocals in both songs were sung by Sara Ramirez. This gave the Lady of the Lake six songs in Act One, but no further appearances until scene five in Act Two, for "The Diva's Lament".
Broadway (2005-09)

The musical previewed on Broadway, at New York's Shubert Theatre, beginning 14 February 2005, ahead of an official opening on 17 March. Mike Nichols directed, and Casey Nicholaw choreographed. The production won the Tony Award for Best Musical and was nominated for 14 Tony Awards at the 59th Tony Awards. The show played its final performance on 11 January 2009 after 35 previews and 1,575 performances; it was seen by more than two million people and grossed over $168 million, recouping its initial production costs in under six months.[1]
The original Broadway cast included
West End (2006-09)
A London production opened at the Palace Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in the West End, commencing 30 September 2006 (London premiere 16 October). Tim Curry and Christopher Sieber reprised their roles from the Broadway production. They were joined by Hannah Waddingham as the Lady of the Lake, Tom Goodman-Hill as Sir Lancelot, Robert Hands as Sir Robin, David Birrell as Patsy, Tony Timberlake as Sir Bedevere and Darren Southworth as Prince Herbert. The London production closed on 3 January 2009.
First national tour (2006–09)
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Las Vegas (2007-08)
A production of the musical began in
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UK tour (2010-12)
A UK tour scheduled for later in 2009 was initially postponed, the producers commenting "Due to unforeseen circumstances the UK Tour of Spamalot will not be taking place as scheduled in 2009",[19] but eventually started at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 29 May – 5 June 2010.[20] Phill Jupitus[21] played King Arthur in the UK tour. Todd Carty played Patsy, assistant to King Arthur for the duration of the tour.[22] Marcus Brigstocke made his musical theatre debut as King Arthur following Jupitus' departure. Jodie Prenger, Hayley Tamaddon, Amy Nuttall and Jessica Martin shared the role of The Lady of the Lake.[23][24][25]
The UK tour also featured for the first time a re-working of the song "You Won't Succeed on Broadway" which has been renamed "You Won't Succeed in Showbiz". The theme of the song has been changed from poking fun at the need for
After the West End revival (2012-14), the production toured again from April 2015 starring Joe Pasquale, Todd Carty and Sarah Earnshaw.
Second/Third national tour (2010–13)
A second North American tour launched on 24 September 2010 from
West End revival (2012-14)
The touring production played a limited seven-week run in the West End during the summer of 2012 at the Harold Pinter Theatre.[30] Marcus Brigstocke shared the role of King Arthur with Jon Culshaw for those seven weeks, with Bonnie Langford playing Lady of the Lake. The production moved to the Playhouse Theatre on 14 November 2012, and ran until 12 April 2014.[31][32] During 2013 a number of celebrities each played the part of God for a week in aid of charity, including Professor Brian Cox, Gary Lineker, Barbara Windsor, Brian May and Michael Palin.[33]
Other notable cast members during the run of the West End revival included Stephen Tompkinson, Joe Pasquale, Les Dennis and Richard McCourt as King Arthur, Anna-Jane Casey and Carley Stenson[34] as Lady of the Lake, Warwick Davis and Dominic Wood as Patsy, Daniel Boys as Sir Lancelot, Jon Robyns as Sir Galahad and Rob Delaney as Sir Robin.[35]
Hollywood Bowl (2015)
A three evening performance at the Hollywood Bowl was undertaken in 2015, with Eric Idle appearing in the role of The Historian, and other cast members including Christian Slater, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Craig Robinson, Merle Dandridge, Warwick Davis, Kevin Chamberlin and Rick Holmes. The script was updated and included many Los Angeles specific jokes.
Kennedy Center and Broadway revival (2023)
The
It was announced on August 2, 2023, that the Kennedy Center production would transfer to Broadway at the St. James Theatre, with previews scheduled to begin October 31 before a November 16 opening. Iglehart, Kritzer, Urie, Smagula, and Walker reprised their roles from the Kennedy Center, joined by Christopher Fitzgerald as Patsy and Ethan Slater as The Historian/Prince Herbert. The production opened with Taran Killam playing Lancelot; Brightman reprised his role after Killam left the production in January 2024.[36][37][38] Urie played his final performance as Sir Robin on January 21, 2024. On January 23, Jonathan Bennett made his Broadway debut as Sir Robin.[9] The production closed on April 7, 2024. A national tour is planned to begin performances in the autumn of 2025.[39]
International productions
A new
The first translated production, in Spanish, ran at Teatre Victòria, Barcelona from 9 September 2008 to 10 May 2009. Directed by Catalan Comedy Group Tricicle and choreographed by Francesc Abós, the cast included Jordi Bosch as King Arthur and Marta Ribera as the Lady of the Lake. The production moved to Madrid in September 2009[41] A German production premiered in January 2009 at the Musical Dome in Cologne.[42] The Hungarian production in Madach Theatre, Budapest premiered on 29 September 2009 with three casts, each actor taking up multiple roles. The Swedish production opened at the Malmö Nöjesteater in Malmö on 24 September 2010, with a cast including Johan Wester as King Arthur and Johan Glans as Sir Robin. The production moved to Oscarsteatern in Stockholm on 15 September 2011 where it played through 29 April 2012. Nina Söderquist, who starred as Lady of the Lake in the West End production was intended to reprise her role, but became pregnant. She joined the show when it moved to Stockholm, along with Henrik Hjelt as Sir Belvedere. In May 2011, the original UK touring production played at Politeama Rossetti in Trieste. Eric Idle attended the opening night on 24 May.
The Mexican premiere of the show was in July 2011 in
A production of the show was included in the 2023 season of the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, Canada with a cast featuring Jonathan Goad as King Arthur, Eddie Glen as Patsy, Aaron Krohn as Sir Lancelot, Trevor Patt as Sir Robin, Liam Tobin as Sir Galahad and Jennifer Rider-Shaw as the Lady of the Lake.[48] [49][50] This production was directed by Lezlie Wade.[51][52]
Title
Book-writer and lyricist Eric Idle explained the title in a February 2004 press release:
Reactions by Monty Python members
I'm making them money, and the ungrateful bastards never thank me. Who gave them a million dollars each for 'Spamalot'?
— Eric Idle[54]
The show has had mixed reactions from Idle's former colleagues in Monty Python.
Terry Gilliam, in an audio interview,[55] describes it as "Python-lite". He later told the BBC News, "It helps with the pension fund, and it helps keep Python alive. As much as we'd like to pull the plug on the whole thing it carries on – it's got a life of its own."[56]
Terry Jones – who co-directed the original film with Gilliam – expressed his opinions forthrightly in May 2005: "Spamalot is utterly pointless. It's full of air … Regurgitating Python is not high on my list of priorities."[57] However, when asked whether he liked Spamalot during an interview with Dennis Daniel on 98.5 WBON-FM The Bone shortly after the musical's opening on Broadway, Jones said, "Well, I thought it was terrific good fun. It's great to see the audience loving it. I suppose I had reservations as far as … well … the idea of doing scenes from a film on stage. I just don’t get the point of it. They do them terribly well … I mean, they really are good … but I just quite don’t understand what that's about. It isn’t really 'Python.' It is very much Eric." Jones went on to say, "I think the best parts of the musical are the new things. For instance, when they do the Andrew Lloyd Webber take-off and this girl comes in and sings 'Whatever Happened to My Part' since she hasn’t appeared since the opening number and she's really furious! That is one of the great moments where the show really comes alive for me."[58]
In an October 2006 interview, Michael Palin said, "We’re all hugely delighted that Spamalot is doing so well. Because we’re all beneficiaries! It's a great show. It's not 'Python' as we would have written it. But then, none of us would get together and write a 'Python' stage show. Eric eventually ran out of patience and said, 'Well, I’ll do it myself then.' He sent us bits and songs and all that and we said, 'Yeah, that's all right, have a go.' But its success is so enormous that it took us all by surprise, including Eric, and now we’re just proud to be associated with it, rather pathetically."[59]
When asked by a Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter in 2008 if he had to be persuaded to provide the recorded voice of God in the musical, John Cleese said, "Yeah, that's right. And in the end I think Spamalot turned out splendidly. It's had a tremendous run. I defy anyone to go and not have a really fun evening. It's the silliest thing I’ve ever seen and I think Eric did a great job."[60]
The last verse of the "Finland"/"Fisch Slapping Dance" was incorporated into Spam sketch for the 2014 reunion show Monty Python Live (Mostly).
Critical reception and box-office
The original production was a financial success. Variety reported advance ticket sales of $18 million, with ticket prices ranging from $36 to $179.[citation needed]
The show proved to be an early success when moving to London's West End. After high advance ticket sales the show's run was extended by four weeks, four months before the run commenced.[61] The play makes many references to the film and other material in the Python canon, including a line from "The Lumberjack Song", nods to "Ministry of Silly Walks", the "Election Night Special" and "Dead Parrot sketch" routines, a bar from "Spam" worked into "Knights of the Round Table", a rendition of the song "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" from the film Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979), and the "Fisch Schlapping Song" which is a reference to both "The Fish-Slapping Dance" and the song "Finland". Another reference is actually part of the Playbill of the show; there are several gag pages about a musical entitled "Dik Od Triaanenen Fol (Finns Ain't What They Used To Be)". This gag programme was written by Palin, and echoes the faux-Swedish subtitles in the credits of the original Grail Python film.
Spamalot makes various references to other musicals and musical theatre in general, such as: "The Song That Goes Like This" (a spoof of
The show has not escaped criticism. In Slate, Sam Anderson wrote, "Python was formed in reaction to exactly the kind of lazy comedy represented by Spamalot — what Michael Palin once described as the 'easy, catch-phrase reaction' the members had all been forced to pander in their previous writing jobs... Spamalot is the gaudy climax of a long, unfunny tradition of post-Python exploitation – books, actions figures, video games – that treats the old material as a series of slogans to be referenced without doing any of the work that made the lines so original in the first place."[62]
About the West End version,
Coconut orchestra world record
On 22 March 2006, to mark the first anniversary of the official Broadway opening, the "World's Largest Coconut Orchestra", 1,789 people clapping together half coconut shells, performed in
Other

In 2006, the London cast of Spamalot performed excerpts at the Royal Variety Performance.
On 10 March 2007, Spamalot partnered with HP Sauce (the classic British brown sauce, now made in the Netherlands following a contentious decision to close its factory in Birmingham, England) to produce 1,075 limited edition bottles featuring a unique Spamalot take on the classic HP design. The bottles were available exclusively via Selfridges, London and came in a presentation box with a numbered certificate. 1,075 was chosen to celebrate, absurdly, "1,075 years of the show running in London".
In July 2007 it was announced that the London production would solve the problem of replacing Hannah Waddingham as the Lady of the Lake through a TV talent show in Sweden. The programme, called West End Star, which began airing on
DVD
Portions of the Spamalot original cast recording were featured (with accompanying Flash animation) as a special feature in the 2006 "Extraordinarily Deluxe Two-Disc Edition" DVD re-release of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Awards and nominations
In the original Broadway production, Sara Ramirez sang the line, "I've no
The touring production has garnered Boston's Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Visiting Production.
Original Broadway production
Original London production
Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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2007 | Laurence Olivier Award
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Best New Musical | Nominated | |
Best Actor in a Musical | Tim Curry | Nominated | ||
Best Actress in a Musical | Hannah Waddingham | Nominated | ||
Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Tom Goodman-Hill | Nominated | ||
Best Set Design | Tim Hatley | Nominated | ||
Best Costume Design | Nominated | |||
Best Lighting Design | Hugh Vanstone | Nominated |
2023 Kennedy Center production
Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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2024 | Helen Hayes Award[70][71] | Outstanding Production - Musical | Nominated | |
Outstanding Choreography in a Musical | John Rhodes | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Musical Direction | John Bell | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Director of a Musical | Josh Rhodes | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Musical | Michael Urie | Nominated | ||
Rob McClure | Nominated | |||
Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer | Nominated |
2023 Broadway revival
Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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2024 | Tony Award
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Best Featured Actress in a Musical | Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer | Nominated |
Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer | Nominated | |
Drama League Award | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Nominated | ||
Distinguished Performance | Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer | Nominated | ||
Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical | Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer | Nominated |
Television
A special edition of The South Bank Show was a television documentary on the history of Spamalot. It features numerous segments with Eric Idle and John Du Prez explaining the process of writing the songs, plus interviews with UK and US cast members. It included scenes from the rehearsal of the West End show, and was first broadcast on 15 October 2006.
Cancelled film adaptation
In May 2018,
At the time of the release of his memoir Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography in December 2019, Idle said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times that "(the movie is) all ready to go" and that it "is not very expensive".[75] He cited the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney as a factor to the film's delay, saying it caused "everything (to come) to a grinding halt". He also stated in an interview around the same time with WBUR-FM that Haddish is still being offered the role of the Lady of the Lake, and that the script has "mostly been solved".[76]
On 6 January 2021, it was announced that the project would move to Paramount Pictures and that it was set to begin pre-production, with Nicholaw officially confirmed to direct from Idle's script and Dan Jinks joining as a producer.[3] Two years later, Idle said that the film would not be happening.[4]
Lawsuit
In 2013, the Pythons lost a legal case to Mark Forstater, the producer of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, over royalties for Spamalot. He was paid 1/14 of the portion of the profits paid to the Pythons. The court ruled that he was a full Python partner and was to be paid 1/7 of the portion paid to the Pythons. They owed a combined £800,000 in legal fees and back royalties to Forstater, prompting them to produce Monty Python Live (Mostly).[77][78][79]
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Bibliography
- A Quest Beyond The Grail, a review of Spamalot from the New York Times(registration required)
- Photos, Videos, Cast Interviews and Information on the West End Production on Theatre.com
- MSNBC/Newsweek interview with Idle and Nichols explaining elimination of some pre-Broadway scenes
- Tim Curry interview from May 2005 from American Theatre Wing Downstage Center, recorded in MP3 format
- Daily Telegraph review of West End version
- Tribute to Richard Chamberlain website Spamalot[permanent dead link ]
- Spot Light Theatre Australia – Spamalot starting 24 July 2009
External links
- Official website
- Spamalot at the Internet Broadway Database
- Spamalot at the Playbill Vault
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 June 2006)
- Spanish production at the Wayback Machine (archived 12 April 2008)
- Polish production official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 July 2011)
- German production official website
- Dutch production official website Archived 23 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- Swedish production official website
- Spamalot in Mexico City February 14 2024 at the Centro Cultural Teatro 1