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rework of the classic tale of Robin Hood. Much flexibility for casting, from ages to gender.
Author's Notes I was always a fan of the character of Robin Hood from when I was a child and my father took me to see a film version starring Richard Todd. Then there was the TV series with Richard Greene. As a child I was fascinated by bows and arrows so perhaps it was inevitable that my second pantomime would be based on Robin Hood. The story, of course, has imagination layered thickly upon legend (how many people know that Maid Marian only appeared fairly recently?) but I went back as far as I could to be as faithful to the true legend of Robin and Marian as possible before adding the inevitable pantomime collection of bad jokes, worse songs and inane extras. Because of the constraints of the theatre group I belonged to at the time, Will Scarlett became Wilma, and there's no reason why a few more merry men couldn't transgender. In a recent production we had the Sheriff played by a woman, as well as Will, Much, and Alan-a-Dale. In fact if I changed location from Nottingham to Windsor, I could call it "The Merry Women of Windsor", or has that been done already? And in my most recent direction I cast the part of the Sheriff as a leather-clad dominatrix - very popular with the dads! Casting Note: The cast list probably looks a little daunting, but the villagers can all be doubled from other parts, as can Prince John, King Richard, Sergei, etc. minimum cast approximately 14. Past Productions I have recently started adding production photos, posters, etc. If your group has done this play and have any I can use, please contact me. Some
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