Marian, or The True Tale of Robin Hood
- Full Length Play, Adventure, Comedy, Medieval (6th-14th c.)
- 4M, 4F, 6M or F
- ISBN: 9780573706578
A gender-bending, patriarchy-smashing, hilarious new take on theclassic tale.
Description
- Full Length Play
- Adventure, Comedy
- 90 minutes
- Time Period: Medieval (6th-14th c.)
- Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
- Cautions: Mild Adult Themes
- Performance Group:
- Shoestring Budget, College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
Modern concerns and romantic entanglements clash on the battlefield and on the ramparts of Nottingham Castle. A play about selfishness and selflessness and love deferred and the fight. Always the fight. The fight must go on.
REVIEWS:
"[...] The show thrives on its own playfulness and silly energy while still tying everything up at the end. Marian manages to present something important without taking itself too seriously."
Theatre is Easy
"[...] a rollicking, gender-bending romp [...] With Marian, Or the True Tale of Robin Hood Szymkowicz has delivered a swashbuckling story of what it takes to make change, and the networks and chosen families that keep that revolutionary spirit alive."
New York Theatre Review
Characters
- Casting: 4M, 4F, 6M or F
- Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Ensemble cast, Non-Traditional casting, Cross gender casting, Expandable casting, Multicultural casting
- Casting Notes: All parts are race non-specific. Robin Hood/Marian need not be white. Try very hard to have a diverse cast. It would also be very helpful to have transgender, genderqueer, or nonbinary people involved in the production. Preferably more than one. The designations of female and male above can be used more as a guideline in the casting of this play.
ALANNA DALE - female
THE SHERIFF OF NOTTINGHAM - male
LITTLE JOHN - male, large
LADY SHIRLEY - female
PRINCE JOHN - male
TANNER - any gender
WILL SCARLET - female (played as male)
MUCH THE MILLER'S SON - nonbinary (can be played by female, male transgender, genderqueer or nonbinary individual)
FRIAR TUCK - male (in small cast, can be played by the same actor who plays the Sheriff.)
TOMMY OF NO CONSEQUENCE - played as male by any gender
SIR THEO THE PUNCTUAL - played as male by any gender
SIR LENNY THE OBSERVANT - played as male by any gender
LUCY - played as female (can be doubled as SIR LENNY or a GUARD)
GUARDS - (as many or as few as you like -- up to 15 speaking parts) - plated as male by any gender.
Available Material
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Marian, or The True Tale of Robin Hood Script
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Robin Hood is (and has always been) Maid Marian in disguise, and leads a motley group of Merry Men (few of whom are actually men) against the greedy Prince John. As the poor get poorer and the rich get richer, who will stand for the vulnerable if not Robin? What is the cost of revealing your true self in a time of trouble? |
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