Sherwood: A Play in Five Acts

Sherwood: A Play in Five Acts

by Alfred Noyes
©1911, Item: 89648
Hardcover, 225 pages
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This is a really different play, sort of combining the stories of Robin Hood and Midsummer Nights' Dream. The list of characters below will help to understand!

Persons of the Drama

Robin Earl of Huntingdon, known as "Robin Hood"
Little John
Friar Tuck
Will Scarlet
Reynold Greenleaf
Much, the Miller's Son
Alan-a-Dale
Outlaws and followers of "Robin Hood"
Prince John  
King Richard, Couer de Lion  
Blondel King Richard's minstrel
Oberon King of the Fairies
Titania Queen of the Fairies
Puck A Fairy
The Sheriff of Nottingham  
Fitzwalter Father of Marian, known as "Maid Marian"
Shadow-of-a-Leaf A Fool
Arthur Plantagenet Nephew to Prince John, a boy of about ten years of age
Queen Elinor Mother of Prince John and Richard Lion-heart
Marian Fitzwalter Known as Maid Marian, betrothed to Robin Hood
Jenny Maid to Marian
Widow Scarlet Mother of Will Scarlet
Prioress of Kirklee  
Fairies, merry men, serfs, peasants, mercenaries, an abbot, a baron, a novice, nuns, courtiers, soldiers, retainers, etc.  

 

 

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