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Robin Hood (Nigro)

  • Don Nigro
  • Full Length Play, Comedy
  • 14M, 8F
  • ISBN: 9780573690518

In a land where the rich get richer and the poor are starving, Prince John wants to cut down Sherwood Forest to put up an arms manufactory, a slaughterhouse and a tennis court for the well to do. This bawdy epic unites elements of wild farce and ancient mythologies with an environmentalist assault on the arrogance of wealth and power in the face of poverty and hunger.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Professional Theatre, Large Stage
In a land where the rich get richer and the poor are starving, Prince John wants to cut down Sherwood Forest to put up an arms manufactory, a slaughterhouse and a tennis court for the well to do.

This bawdy epic unites elements of wild farce and ancient mythologies with an environmentalist assault on the arrogance of wealth and power in the face of poverty and hunger using feeble and insane jesters, a demonic snake oil salesman, a corrupt and lascivious court, a singer of eerie ballads, a gluttonous lusty friar and a world of other grotesque characters out of a Brueghel painting. Maid Marian loses her clothes and her illusions among the poor and Robin tries to avoid murder and elude the Dark Monk of the Wood who is Death and perhaps something more.

Premiere Production: Robin Hood was originally commissioned and directed by Mark Cuddy, Artistic Director of the Idaho Shakespeare Festival in Boise, Idaho, where it was first produced in the summer of 1984.

Characters

  • Casting: 14M, 8F
  • Casting Attributes: Expandable casting
  • Casting Notes: More female parts if desired.

  • ALAN A'DALE
    SHERIFF OF NOTTINGHAM / SAM THE RAG
    CONSTABLE WATT / EADOM O'THE BLUE BOAJR
    GILL REDCAP / MITCH THE MILLER
    DICCON CRUIKSHANK / COOTIE THE DRUNK
    ROBIN HOOD / BLIND BENNY
    LITTLE JOHN / DUMB DUGGAN
    DAVEY O'DONCASTER / ARTHUR O'BLAND
    WILL STUTELY / SIR STEPHEN
    WILL SCARLET / DEAF DANNY
    FRIAR TUCK
    PRINCE JOHN / BELL THE TINKER
    YORICK / GROK / FLINT THE BEGGAR
    DARK MONK / PURVIS THE PEDDLER / RICHARD / GHOST
    MAID MARIAN
    LADY QUIGLEY / OLD MAID OF TUXFORD
    BRONWEN / MAID OF TUXFORD / SISTER FELICITY
    QUEEN ELEANOR / OLD MAID OF TUXFORD / PRIORESS
    SALLY SERVING WENCH / GWENNY
    ELLEN DEAR / MAID OF TUXFORD / BREKKA
    JENNY BROWN / MAID OF TUXFORD
    CRAZY BETTY / OLD GUMMY GRANNY / OLD MAID OF TUXFORD

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    In a land where the rich get richer and the poor are starving, Prince John wants to cut down Sherwood Forest to put up an arms manufactory, a slaughterhouse and a tennis court for the well to do. This bawdy epic unites elements of wild farce and ancient mythologies with an environmentalist assault on the arrogance of wealth and power in the face of poverty and hunger using feeble and insane jesters, a demonic snake oil salesman, a corrupt and lascivious court, a singer of eerie ballads, a gluttonous lusty friar and a world of other grotesque characters out of a Brueghel painting. Maid Marian loses her clothes and her illusions among the poor and Robin tries to avoid murder and elude the Dark Monk of the Wood who is Death and perhaps something more.

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