Both had the Anglo-Saxons as the “goodies” and the Normans as the “baddies”. I was also very interested in your comments about the links between the Robin Hood and Hereward the Wake legends. An interesting twist is that the Under Sheriff of Yorkshire, where the northern Barnsdale Forest lies, who prosecuted an outlaw named Robert Hode was later promoted to Sheriff of Nottingham.Īs a long-time “folkie” I’ve been very aware of the ballads of Robin Hood and have read them both in modern and late medieval English but it was very interesting to read your observations about them being some of the earliest examples of the Great Vowel Shift.
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Like most Brits of my generation I was brought up with the TV series “The Adventures of Robin Hood” in the late fifties which was written incidentally by exiled Hollywood scriptwriters who’d fallen foul of the McCarthy trials.Īs you may guess the city of Nottingham and Sherwood Forest make great tourist play of the legends. So young, so alive, so unaware of how precarious life can be. This is most likely because, as stated by Robin himself, his father got him the job as sheriff, ether that, or he was just joking.Hi. the Sheriff is preparing to rape Marian to impregnate her, even as Robin and Azeem are trying to break down the door Sheriff of Nottingham : I can't do this with all that racket Sheriff of Nottingham : What a beautiful child. Rottingham is shown, or at least implied, to have very little/no combat skills what so ever, always cowardly backing out of fights, accidentally breaking his own sword when drawing it and when he actually did fight Robin Hood, he stood absolutely no chance and relied on swinging randomly. The Sheriff of Rottingham is show to have a strange speaking problem, in which he will randomly make rambling, incoherent sentences by ether mispronouncing words or completely mangling the placement of the words in a sentence. Robin Hood accidentally impales him with his sword, but Latrine, the castle cook who is often mistaken for a witch, gives him a magic pill that saves him, but then he is forced to become her husband, much to his horror.ĭue to the comedic nature of the film, the Sheriff of Rottingham may not be the most terrible incarnation of Robin Hood's infamous archenemy, but he is undeniably evil, arrogant and relentless, being an especially undemocratic, authoritative, power-hungry and tyrannical figure. The sheriff kidnaps Marion, but Robin follows him. Marion interrupts the marriage when she sees that her lover is free. Surprised, Lady Marion asks the sheriff what this is supposed to mean, and he replies, "That's in case you change your mind." Fortunately, Apsik frees Robin with a well-targeted shot. During the ceremony, the executioner adjusts Robin's neck strap. Desperate, Marion promises the sheriff herself and her hand in return for not showing her beloved. He also foils an assassination attempt made by Don Giovanni, a mobster hired by the Sheriff to get rid of him. Of course, the hero wins, unfortunately he is also taken. He organizes an archery competition, where Robin introduced himself as he expected. Prince John imagines a ploy to finally capture Robin Hood. Overjoyed, Latrina comes off strongly at him but he manages to flee. When he explains the functionment, one of the guards mistakenly understands the Sheriff ordered the test so he cuts the rop, propulsing the Sheriff in Latrina's house while she prays for him. One day, the Sheriff shows to his sovereign his secret project: a catapult. The Sheriff calls his guards to fight Robin Hood but he defeats them and escapes from the castle. There he also meets the beautiful Marion. Robin Hood arrives at a banquet hosted by the prince to declare war on him. Prince John visits the witch Latrina, who warns him of the new arrivals. The Sheriff reports to his superior about the meeting with Robin Hood. After defeating him, they head for the forest. The Sheriff asks Robin to deliver the boy to him but he refuses. In line with the film's comedic tone, the Sheriff is both incompetent and cowardly a departure from most depictions of the original character.Īlong the way, Robin and his companions meet the Sheriff of Rottingham who chases a young boy to arrest him. He is the corrupt right-hand of Prince John who enforces his unjust rule and seeks to kill Robin Hood and the Merry Men.
Mervyn, better known as the Sheriff of Rottingham, is the secondary antagonist of the 1993 comedy film Robin Hood: Men In Tights.
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