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Variations on a legend

The Robin Hood legend has been going strong for over 600 years. The outlaw hero has been the star of ballads, poems, plays, novels, movies, comic books -- even a breakfast cereal. Not all of these have been great - some have been downright awful. All of them are a testament to the enduring popularity of Robin Hood - and all are worth mentioning. Well, nearly all. I'm not likely to do a column on the Prince of Thieves breakfast cereal.

Each month, I'll focus on a version of Robin's story -- good, bad or mediocre. Some entries will be on the best-known books and films. Other spotlights will shine a light on a more obscure interpretation. Previous spotlights will be stored in the archives.

Is there a great Robin Hood book, movie or TV show that you want to see celebrated? Or a real groaner that you'd love to see panned? Please e-mail me and let me know. I take requests.

This Month's Spotlight

(October 2007) Robin Hood (2006 - 2007 BBC TV series) starring Jonas Armstrong

Archives

Novels and Short Stories

(August 2004) Robin Hood by Antonia Fraser
(Sept. 2002) The Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley
(July 2002 - A) The Adventures of Robin Hood (Bancroft Classics #37)
(July 2002 - B) The Adventures of Robin Hood by Major Charles Gilson
(September 2001) The Forestwife by Theresa Tomlinson
(July 2000) The Sheriff of Nottingham by Richard Kluger
(January 2000) The Ivanhoe Gambit by Simon Hawke

Films and Television Shows

(October 2007) Robin Hood (2006 - 2007 BBC TV series) starring Jonas Armstrong
(September 2005) The Adventures of Robin Hood (1950s TV series) starring Richard Greene

(August 2005) Ivanhoe (1952 film) starring Robert Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor

(March 2005) Princess of Thieves starring Keira Knightley

(March 2002) Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves starring Kevin Costner

(May 1999) Robin of Sherwood starring Michael Praed and Jason Connery

(July 1998) Robin and the 7 Hoods starring Frank Sinatra

(May 1998) The Adventures of Robin Hood starring Errol Flynn. [Revised June 2004]

Plays, Ballads and Poems

(Dec. 2002) Robin Hood -- The Merry Family Musical (A Christmas Panto in Toronto)

(February 2002) A Fancyfull Historie of That Most Notable & Fameous Outlaw Robyn Hood aka William Shakespeare's Robin Hood by Scott Lynch-Giddings

(August 2001) Robin Hood and the Friar and Robin Hood and the Potter

(April 2000) Robin Hood -- The Legend of Sherwood (a new play)

(December 1997) A Gest of Robyn Hode

Robin Hood Scholarship

(Aug. 2003) Robin Hood in York: Outlaws and Outlaw Studies -- The 4th Robin Hood Conference, July 7-10, 2003

(May 2000) Robin Hood in Popular Culture AND the 1st International Conference of Robin Hood Studies.

(February 1998) Robin Hood -- Green Lord of the Wildwood by John Matthews

Miscellaneous

(January 1999) Robin Hood Tales (Quality and DC Comics)

(January 1998) GURPS: Robin Hood -- Adventures in Sherwood Forest and Beyond

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