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Robin is a forester in Sherwood forest. As he leaves an archery contest, someone shoots at him and only just misses. Without thinking, Robin returns fire and kills someone. Robin's friends Marian and Much convince him to become an outlaw. Robin hides in Sherwood Forest and gathers a band to oppose the tyrannous Sheriff of Nottingham ...
This began with the 1984–86 television series Robin of Sherwood, which included the character Nasir (portrayed by Mark Ryan), a former hashshashin who joins the Merry Men. The character influenced the writers of the 1989–94 BBC TV children's series Maid Marian and Her Merry Men , which featured the black character Barrington (portrayed by ...
In the CG-animated series Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood, the character Scarlet is a female cousin of Robin Hood and is also Marian's attendant. Marian and Scarlett both spy from within the castle and provide information to the outlaws. Will in Scarlet was the main character of a book called "Will in Scarlet" by Matthew Cody.
The Outlaws, characters in the Just William series of children's books by Richmal Crompton; The Outlaws, a novel in The Bikers series by Richard Gordon; The Outlaws, a novel in The Presidential Agent series by W. E. B. Griffin; The Outlaws (comics), a team of super-villains in Marvel Comics; The Outlaws, a 1930 novel by Ernst von Salomon
The Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley, 1988, a retelling in which Robin Hood is, in fact, the worst archer in his band, but whose shrewdness leads them through their dangers. Lady of the Forest (1992) and Lady of Sherwood (1999), both by Jennifer Roberson; Sherwood by Parke Godwin, 1992, and Robin and the King, 1993
Lady of the Forest: A Novel of Sherwood is a 1992 historical fiction novel by American author Jennifer Roberson.A re-telling of the Robin Hood legend from the perspective of twelve characters associated with the legend, the story centers around English noblewoman Lady Marian FitzWalter's encounters with Lord Robert of Locksley and his scheming rival the Sheriff of Nottingham amid the backdrop ...
The figure of the jovial friar was common in the May Games festivals of England and Scotland during the 15th to 17th centuries. [citation needed] He appears as a character in the fragment of a Robin Hood play from 1475, sometimes called Robin Hood and the Knight or Robin Hood and the Sheriff, and a play for the May games published in 1560 which tells a story similar to "Robin Hood and the ...
Djaq is not one of the traditional characters in the Robin Hood legends, although she does follow in the latter-day tradition of a Saracen character being added to the band of outlaws. (See Nasir in Robin of Sherwood from the 1980s, Azeem (a Moor) from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves in 1991, Achoo from Robin Hood: Men in Tights in 1993 and Kemal ...