In 2014, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a six-part adaptation including elements from The Book of Merlyn, adapted by Brian Sibley (who also dramatised The Lord of the Rings for BBC Radio in the 1980s) and featuring David Warner as Merlyn.The 1967 film adaptation boasted Richard Harris as Arthur and Vanessa Redgrave as Guenever. The original Broadway cast boasted Richard Burton as Arthur and Julie Andrews as Guenever. The musical Camelot is based on The Ill-Made Knight and The Candle in the Wind.Both dramatizations featured a musical score by Benjamin Britten. "The Sword in the Stone" has also been dramatized for BBC Radio once in 1939 and again in 1982 featuring Sir Michael Hordern as Merlyn, who also played Gandalf the year before for BBC Radio 4's production of "The Lord of the Rings".The Sword in the Stone was loosely adapted into a Disney film of the same name.Some recent editions include it in the main volume as Book 5, with an editorial note to explain the material White reused for the original publication of the one-volume edition. In 1977, after White's death, it was published separately as The Book of Merlyn. Parts of it were incorporated into the collected edition's version of The Sword in the Stone. White also worked on a fifth part set before Arthur's final battle, in which he was taught more lessons by Merlyn. Another notable change was the omission of the witch, Madam Mim and her wizard duel with Merlyn from "The Sword in the Stone" (which can still be found in the original version still in print and the Disney film). The biggest change was probably to the second part, which was substantially altered and given a new title, the original version had been entitled The Witch in the Wood.
The first three parts were published separately first, and revised to a greater or lesser extent for the collected edition. The Candle in the Wind, telling of the downfall of Arthur and his kingdom, concluding with a bit appearance by Thomas Malory, still a squire, whom Arthur sends off to remember their story.The Ill-Made Knight, focuses on Sir Lancelot as he begins to fall in love with the Queen, while championing Arthur's vision of a better world.The Queen of Air and Darkness, covers the early part of Arthur's reign, the founding of the Knights of the Round Table, and introduces Morgause, the mother of Arthur's nemesis Mordred.The Sword in the Stone, covering Arthur's childhood, the lessons he was taught by Merlyn (in which he transforms him into animals in order to give him a different perspective on the world), how he was discovered and crowned King of England.It was originally published as separate books from 1938 to 1941 and collected in one volume in 1958. It is considered one of the best of its kind, heavily inspired by Le Morte D Arthur. The Once and Future King is a retelling by T.
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