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Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature, theatre, and cinema. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. [1]
Robin Hood and His Miserable Men by Dick King-Smith, 1997. Robin Hood According to Spike Milligan by Spike Milligan, 1998, parodies the legend of Robin Hood. Robin Hood: The Boy Who Became a Legend by Kathryn Lasky, 1999. The Rowan Hood series by Nancy Springer, 2001–2005. Robin Hood and the Silver Arrow by Tony Bradman and Tony Ross, 2004.
Robin Hood and the Merry Men (illustration by Pablo Marcos, c. 1995). The Merry Men are the group of outlaws who follow Robin Hood in English literature and folklore. The group appears in the earliest ballads about Robin Hood and remains popular in modern adaptations.
Sir Guy of Gisbourne (also spelled Gisburne, Gisborne, Gysborne, or Gisborn) is a character from the Robin Hood legends of English folklore. He first appears in "Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne" (Child Ballad 118), [1] where he is an assassin who attempts to kill Robin Hood but is killed by him. In later depictions, he has become a romantic ...
Robin Hood and Maid Marian (poster, c. 1880) Maid Marian is the heroine of the Robin Hood legend in English folklore, often taken to be his lover.She is not mentioned in the early, medieval versions of the legend, but was the subject of at least two plays by 1600.
The show takes the legends, stories and myths of Robin Hood, King John and the Merry Men and gives them the musical theater treatment, something the tales have never really gotten before.
Robin Hood fought to protect himself and his group the Merry Men, regardless the class, age, or gender of their enemy. In stories such as 'Robin Hood and the Widow's Three Sons' and 'The Tale of Gamelyn', the joyful ending is in the hanging of the sheriff and the officials; in 'Robin Hood and the Monk', Robin Hood kills a monk and his young ...
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