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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire is an 1883 novel by the American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle. Pyle compiled the traditional Robin Hood ballads as a series of episodes of a coherent narrative.
In other tales, he was known as Midge, the Miller's Son, [4] the name by which he is known in Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar [5] and Robin Hood and Queen Katherine (version 145B). [6] It is also the name used by Howard Pyle for the character in his Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. [7]
He is occasionally confused with Will Scarlet. Stutely appears in the occasional film and various Robin Hood children's novels, such as Howard Pyle's The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, which includes the tale of Will's rescue and also mentions that he likes to play pranks. Friar Tuck – The resident Clergyman of the band.
20th-century pop culture adaptations of the Robin Hood legend almost invariably have featured a Maid Marian and mostly have made her a highborn woman with a rebellious or tomboy character. In 1938's The Adventures of Robin Hood, she is a courageous and loyal woman (played by Olivia de Havilland), and a ward of the court, an orphaned noblewoman ...
The ninety-fourth episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Qpid, the character of Worf (Michael Dorn) plays the role of Scarlet after the crew of the Enterprise are transformed into characters of Robin Hood. In Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Christian Slater plays Will Scarlet, whom the film depicts as the illegitimate half-brother of Robin Hood.
Sir Richard (Sir Richard of the Lee), played by Ian Hunter was a recurring character in the 1950s television series The Adventures of Robin Hood, appearing in seven episodes of the series. The lovelorn knight, John of York, who appears in an episode of the second season of the 2006 BBC series Robin Hood is clearly based on Richard at the Lee.
The first clear reference to "rhymes of Robin Hood" is from the alliterative poem Piers Plowman, thought to have been composed in the 1370s, followed shortly afterwards by a quotation of a later common proverb, [5] "many men speak of Robin Hood and never shot his bow", [6] in Friar Daw's Reply (c. 1402) [7] and a complaint in Dives and Pauper ...
The show was a partially musical comedy retelling of the legend of Robin Hood, placing Maid Marian in the role of leader of the Merry Men, and reducing Robin to an 'incompetent' ex-tailor. The programme has been likened to Blackadder , not only for its historical setting and the presence of Tony Robinson (as well as early, uncredited, script ...