Into the Greenwood: Recent Episodes
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Robin Hood is one of the most ubiquitous figures in the English-speaking world. He’s been the star of countless films, television shows, books, games, and branded merchandise from baking supplies to investment apps. Whether he’s wearing a dark shrouding hood or a jaunty pointed cap, there’s a distinct image that comes to mind when you hear the name. Our mission is to dissect that image. Through interviews with academics and experts we’ll be taking a focused look on what one would actually expect of a forest-dwelling outlaw in late 12th century England. How many Merry Men could comfortably dwell within Sherwood Forest? How extensive was the authority of a local Sheriff? Would those tights of Lincoln green be comfortable to wear? You know, the important stuff. Interview episodes will be interspersed with episodes delving into our pop-culture portrayals as we take a chronological look at Robin Hood’s extensive filmography one movie at a time. So string your bows, prepare a lusty laugh, and come join us in the greenwood. Support: patreon.com/intogreenwood Follow: @intogreenwood on Twitter and Facebook Contact: intogreenwood@gmail.com
After a lengthy public engagement project, in July of 2026, a new statue honoring the figure of Maid Marian was erected on Maid Marian Way in the City of Nottingham. To discuss the community engagement with this project, as well as an associated temporary art exhibit titled 'Our Marian' is the co-director of the Backlit gallery, Suzanne Golden.
For more on the new Maid Marian sculpture: https://backlitgallery.substack.com/p/faq-nottinghams-new-maid-marian-statue
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What sort of film would you have made when you were 15?
That's the question we ask as we watch what is likely to be the most obscure Robin Hood film we've encountered to date.
Ari Papke joins Richard Hopkins-Lutz and Thaddeus Papke in the Greenwood as we cross our fingers and hope to be charmed by this low budget passion project from the 90s.
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Medieval literature expert, Dr. Mark Truesdale, joins us in the Greenwood to discuss how early Robin Hood literature fits within the scope of the popular 'King and Commoner' tales that were being told around the same time period.
We discuss the medieval tales and how they've resonated in our modern Robin Hood adaptations.
For more on Mark's work studying this topic:
The King and Commoner Tradition: Carnivalesque Politics in Medieval and Early Modern Literature
For Mark's appearance on the British Food History podcast:
Subversive Feasting in Medieval King & Commoner Tales with Mark Truesdale
For some of the medieval texts:
King Edward and the Shepherd
The King and the Hermit
John the Reeve
A Gest of Robyn Hode
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Introducing the first "Side Targets" episode of Into the Greenwood!
This is the series where Thaddeus and Rick take a look at a randomly selected film or series that provides some sort of modern spin on Robin Hood or is just outside what one might consider a standard adaptation.
Our first selection is the family-friendly 2024 Sky original 'Robin and the Hoods', a film that made the co-hosts wax nostalgic for one of their favorite role playing games from decades ago.
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Writer and composer Amber Lipman of the theatre troupe, The Edinbards, enters the Greenwood to discuss 'Nottingham: The Musical', a brand new theatrical production that reaches into the past to incorporate medieval songs and build a narrative around the plot points of the earliest Robin Hood ballads.
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Two Robin Hood parodies helmed by Mel Brooks enter... one podcast episode leaves...
Theo Papke returns to the Greenwood to join Richard Hopkins-Lutz and Thaddeus Papke in a discussion covering both 1975's 'When Things Were Rotten' and 1993's 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights'. It's an episode jam-packed with dated references, recycled gags, and a whole lot of laughter.
Listen to the end to hear how Dick Gautier and fan-favorite Cary Elwes fare as they both get added to our list of ranked Robin Hoods!
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Fan favorite guest AJ returns to the Greenwood to join Thaddeus and Rick for their first viewing of the film that inspired their beloved Men in Tights.
How does this blockbuster from the early '90s hold up?
Does Alan Rickman's take on the Sheriff of Nottingham really deserve the amount of praise it gets?
How will Kevin Costner fare on our ranked list of Robin Hoods?
Will Rick manage to endure the Bryan Adams song?
It's one of our longest episodes for one of the biggest Robin Hood films!!!
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George Bickers of Three Sails Studios joins us in the Greenwood to discuss the self-described "love letter to his working class rage" that is the new ttrpg Gallows Corner.
Along the way we also discuss the company's first game, the award-winning Mappa Mundi, and their underlying connective philosophy relating to how the purposeful manufacturing of space can let us create the worlds that we want for our future.
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Robin Hood enthusiasts and scholars from around the world gather to express their thoughts following the conclusion of the first season of the MGM+ Robin Hood show.
Listen in to hear what we loved, what let us down, and how we feel about the prospect of a second season!
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We're back with our final installment in our 70th anniversary celebration of The Adventures of Robin Hood television show!
This time we go back to the beginning of the show to see how the iconic characters of Little John and Friar Tuck get introduced!
Quarterstaff battles and cunning machinations abound in these ballad-based episodes! Join us as we delve into S.1 E.3 'Dead or Alive' and S.2 E.4 'Friar Tuck'.
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There’s nothing in the lively and pop-music infused Robin Hood pantomime performances or in 'The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood' by Howard Pyle that speaks of winter time or the Christmas holiday, but in his book ‘Christmastime Texts and the Popularity of the Robin Hood Tradition’, professor Alex Kaufman lays out the history behind how that book and Robin Hood pantomime performances came to be part of the Christmas tradition and, despite all of their color and greenery, can be considered part of what he has deemed the Winterwood.
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While on this podcast we often use Robin Hood as a lens for learning more about folklore or the medieval past, it is is the enduring applicability of how we have come to understand the figure that keeps him relevant. To that end, I reached out to a friend of mine after hearing about the beatings and abuse he'd received at the hands of law enforcement officers for simply exercising his right of Free Speech.
Finn Hardy joins me in the greenwood to discuss the reality of what's been happening on the streets of Chicago during the fall of 2025.
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We're back with another installment in our 70th anniversary celebration of The Adventures of Robin Hood television show! This time we take a look at one of the final episodes of series as we fulfill special guest Ben Curley's request to see a sword fighting centric episode.
Get ready to have your buckles swashed as we dive into S.4 E.21 'The Edge and the Point'!
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A few Robin Hood nerds from around the world share their initial reactions to the first two episodes of the new MGM+ Robin Hood series.
Come listen to both the expressions of heartfelt enjoyment and the misgivings!
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We swap out the sheltering tranquility of the greenwood for the primal dangers of the wildwood as Tim Hall, author of the Blind Bowman Trilogy joins me for a discussion about blending the legends of Robin Hood with elements of dark fantasy and horror.
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In celebration of All Hallow's Eve, Mike Nichols returns to the Greenwood as we review S.1 E.36 "The Thorkil Ghost", which basically takes the form of a medieval Scooby Doo mystery, but... you know... with some actual murders...
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Special guest Chris Schweizer joins us in the Greenwood for the Robin Hood film that can't NOT get compared to the Kevin Costner-led juggernaut that came out the same year.
Does this Patrick Bergin and Uma Thurman-led film deserve its cult-like status amongst Robin Hood aficionados or should it linger in obscurity?
Join us as we unpack this film and its attempts to thread the needle between authentic medievalism and swashbuckling adventure!
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In celebration of International Archaeology Day, Dr. Emily Holt joins me in the Greenwood as we watch S3.E24 "Roman Gold", in which Robin Hood spends some time using a trowel and brush rather than bow and arrow!
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Emily Rich and I watch S.1 E.5 'Maid Marian', S.1 E.27 'Trial by Battle' and S.3 E.36 'Women's War' as part of Into the Greenwood's celebration of the 70th anniversary of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' starring Richard Greene and featuring both Bernadette O'Farrell and Patricia Driscoll as Maid Marian.
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"Robin Hood and other Social Bandits in Folk and Popular Culture" was the theme of the International Association for Robin Hood Studies 15th biennial conference that was held in June of 2025 at Jagiellonian University in Poland. One of the conference presenters and organizers, Dr Anna Czarnowus, joined us in the Greenwood to discuss the conference and the importance of studying the phenomenon known as "social bandits".
The International Association for Robin Hood Studies
To see the list of speakers and range of topics from the 2025 conference
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I rope in Rick and Owain for this massive mistake of a Splitting Arrows review!
'Robin Hood no Daiboken' (AKA "The Robin Hood Anime") was a Japanese-Italian animated production that ran for 52 episodes in the early 1990s. At some point, an attempt was made to edit a swath of episodes from across the entire series into "Robin Hood: The Movie".
It bad.
We try to make the most of it by hunting out the bright spots and checking off anime tropes as we go.
If you're curious about Robin and crew as children through the lens of a family friendly anime, then check out the series, but by all mean, avoid the "movie"!
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Mike Nichols and I watch S.2 E.36 'The Frightened Tailor' and S.3 E.30 'The Youthful Menace' as part of Into the Greenwood's celebration of the 70th anniversary of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' starring Richard Greene.
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The upcoming release of the new Robin Hood-themed tabletop roleplaying game, The Hooded Man, provides me the opportunity to indulge in some discussion about ttrpgs, a topic that I've been closely connected to for many years.
Graham Rose, writer of The Hooded Man, joins me to discuss his game, his sources of inspiration, what he wanted to convey about what it would be like to simulate about being a medieval outlaw, and we go through the process of making a character for the game. A process that was both faster and more evocative than most other ttrpgs.
After the interview with Graham Rose, I'm also joined by Ben Curley and Theo Papke to get their thoughts on the Hood: Swashbuckling Adventures in Sherwood campaign that I've been running for them.
For more on The Hooded Man
https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/hooded-man-9781472870223/
For Hood: Swashbuckling Adventures in Sherwood
http://www.fearlightgames.com/hood.html
For Sherwood: A Game of Outlaws & Arcana
https://r-rook.itch.io/sherwood
For the games from Wicked-Clever
https://www.wicked-clever.com/
For more on the Rollmaster Robin Hood book
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood_the_Role_Playing_Campaign
For the interview from Allen W Wright about the GURPS supplement
https://www.boldoutlaw.com/robspot/gurps-robin-hood.html
For Katherine Kerr's AD&D 1st edition stats for Robin Hood from Dragon Magazine
http://pied.nu/dragon/files/Drmg055.pdf
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We're encroaching upon the 1990s with 'Maid Marian and her Merry Men'. This comedic take, created by Tony Robinson and starring Kate Lonergan, is much beloved by those who grew up with the show. Paul Cornish joins us to see if it lives up to his childhood recollections!
This also marks the first screen adaptation in which Marian gets the spotlight!
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Katie and Rob, who embody Maid Marian and Robin Hood with the medieval performance troop known, appropriately enough, as the Sherwood Outlaws, join me in the Greenwood for an energetic discussion about how they embody those legendary characters as they performance with the other Sherwood Outlaws across the UK and abroad.
Stick around until the end for a quick bonus segment from Rob James of the RSPB as we discuss what's happening at the 2025 Robin Hood Festival in Sherwood Forest!
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This marks our third and final episode looking at the landmark series from the 1980s. For this episode our discussion was especially focused on the Herne's Son two-parter that introduced Jason Connery into the show and also Adam Bell, the ninth episode of the third series and one that has special personal significance for our guest Jenny Kane (aka Jennifer Ash).
As a writer for the officially licensed Tales Untold and other stories set in the world of Robin of Sherwood, Jenny has a profound connection with the show and we were thrilled to have her join us in the Greenwood as we wrap up our coverage of this especially impactful adaptation of the legendary outlaw.
Spoiler Warning: Since this is our third episode looking at Robin of Sherwood, we jump right into the discussion, which will include spoilers for the episodes Herne's Son, parts 1 and 2, and Adam Bell.
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In the center of Nottingham juts a massive promontory rust-colored stone. In the middle ages this was the site of Nottingham Castle and is thusly known to this day as "The Castle Rock". But it wasn't just the castle that was constructed upon a bedrock of sandstone. This soft stone can be found throughout the area and it's relatively soft composition provides for easy tunneling. For this reason Nottingham has received the moniker Tigguo Cobauc, "The Place of Caves".
To discuss the hundreds of caves that have been found beneath Nottingham, I'm joined by writer and historian Dave Mooney.
For some of Dave's other books about the historical sites around Nottingham: https://www.amberley-books.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=+mooney
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SPOILER WARNING
Since this is our second episode looking at Robin of Sherwood, we jump right into spoiler territory as we review the sixth episode of the series, 'The King's Fool'.
Joining us for the discussion is 'Forest Lord' author Steven A. McKay.
Following our review of the episode, Rick and I undertake what might well be the most controversial Robin Hood ranking we've ever undertaken!
For more from Steven, including links to his novels and his podcast Rock, Paper, Swords, go to https://stevenamckay.com/
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In episode 55, author Amy S Kaufman joins me in the Greenwood to discuss her work studying medievalisms, especially how they can be used for nefarious ends, and a brand new medievalism of her own making, the brand new novel 'The Traitor of Sherwood Forest' which will be available from Penguin Books on April 29th 2025.
For more from Amy S Kaufman and her new novel go to: www.amyskaufman.com
To learn more about how medievalisms are often used as tools of propaganda and oppression, check out her earlier works including:
The Devil's Historians: How Modern Extremists Abuse the Medieval Past
Muscular Medievalism
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Dr. Lucy Barnhouse from Arkansas State University joins me in the Greenwood for a fascinating and joyful discussion about using disability studies to examine the middle ages and how it relates to Robin Hood adaptations.
Further readings:
Disability and Medieval (In)Justice in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) and Robin of Sherwood (1984)
Good People, Poor Sick: The social identities of lepers in the late medieval Rhineland
Azeem and the Witch: Race, Disability, and Medievalisms in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
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It's a Papke Family roundtable with Richard Hopkins-Lutz (Rick), Maryanne Papke (Momo), Name Redacted Papke (Theo), Roger Papke (Marcus), and Jeff Massie (Uncle Max) as we discuss George Segal's questionable turn as the hero(?) of Sherwood Forest.
Is this a long lost masterpiece of cinema? No. Not really.
Did we enjoy it anyway? We sure did.
Does it weirdly feel like the first draft to 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights'? Listen and find out!
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To this day the false notion exists that men can’t be considered manly and heroic and tough if they’re homosexual. This has led to great deal of spilled ink and consternation when evidence has indicated that one of England’s great warrior kings, Richard the Lionheart, may well have enjoyed the company of other men. Was King Richard the first what we might now identify as queer? And perhaps more importantly, why is this something that people of the past or of today might care about.
In this episode historian Hilary Rhodes helps me contextualize the issues surrounding Richard’s sexuality during his lifetime and beyond.
Rhodes, H. M., (2023) “Richard the Lionheart, Contested Queerness, and Crusading Memory”, Open Library of Humanities 9(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.16995/olh.9349
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We've finally made it to the 1980s! And with the 80s we are introduced to a take on Robin Hood that is genuinely different from any we've seen before, and not just on account of that luscious feathery 80s hair!
For this episode Rick and Thaddeus joined by Robin Hood author and "Eos Fan" of Robin of Sherwood, J. Tullos Hennig. We are especially looking at 'Robin Hood and the Sorcerer' the two-parter that introduced the world to Richard Carpenter's unique, and neo-pagan influenced, version of Robin Hood.
For more from Jeanine see episode 31 of Into the Greenwood: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1727735/episodes/14599912
or her website: https://www.jtulloshennig.net/
And if you enjoy Robin of Sherwood, you're likely to also enjoy her Books of the Wode series: https://forestpathbooks.com/
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We've made it to 50 episodes!!!
To celebrate, we're taking advantage of the episode releasing in December to discuss Saint Nicholas! The only figure to come from the middle ages that outstrips Robin Hood in terms of international fame and a reputation for charitable giving!
Joining me is Benito Cereno, author and co-host of Apocrypals.
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CORRECTION: In this episode I attempt to make a joke about the actor Fisher Stevens. Instead I mistakenly reference the electroclash duo of Fischerspooner, who, to the best of my knowledge, did not perform in brown face. My apologies.
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The 1970s was an interesting period for Robin Hood films. It saw the bouncy and raucous animated Disney film which remains a beloved classic for newer generations. There were the austere British productions like 'Wolfshead' and 'The Legend of Robin Hood' that sought to showcase the potential hardscrabble realities of what it would be like to live as an outlaw in the middle ages. Film buffs and historians also warmly recall 'Robin and Marian' with its big name stars and post Vietnam War sensibilities. In that mix we've also seen the often flamboyant and fun films that the Italian cinema houses were producing. So it was with a great deal of curiosity that I peeked over the iron current to see the sort of Robin Hood film that was being produced in the U.S.S.R. during that time.
What I found was 'Стрелы Робин Гуда/Strely Robin Guda' or 'The Arrows of Robin Hood' directed by Sergey Tarasov and starring Boris Khemlnitskiy. The film delves deeply into Robin Hood lore while being presented with thoroughly Russian sensibilities. And while the film certainly lacks the shine of a Hollywood production, it is easily one of the Robin Hood films that has left the deepest impacts upon me. This is in no small part due to the powerful compositions by singer and songwriter Vladimir Vysotsky. Vysotsky had a reputation for being an anti-authoritarian and was often in trouble with the Soviet government during the 60s and 70s and the censorship board removed his songs from the film's original release. Fortunately, upon the film's later rerelease, Vysotsky's moving ballads were reinstated with the film.
Along for this look at the soviet-era Robin Hood is Richard Hopkins-Lutz and Gemma Kerr.
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Earlier this year GMT Games released a two-player board game called 'A Gest of Robin Hood'. I sat down with the game's designer to discuss how this game functions as a sort of introduction to the hobby of historical wargaming, the depth of research that went into the game, and what he's hoping people can get out of the game as well.
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You can find out more about A Gest of Robin Hood on the GMT website or on Board Game Geek.
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This episode is releasing on the cusp of the 2024 U.S. Presidential election. By the time you listen to it, the United States may have elected its first female president (coincidentally the 47th president to go with ItG's 47th episode). That looming election and the way attacks on Kamala Harris mirror the attacks made on politically savvy women of centuries past gets a few brief mentions in this episode about some of the amazing women from the middle ages and the different ways in which they can be considered heroes!
For more from Sharon Bennett Connolly, check out History... the Interesting Bits!
As well as her books such as 'Heroines of the Medieval World', 'Silk and the Sword: Women of the Norman Conquest', 'Ladies of the Magna Carts', and 'King John's Right Hand Lady: The Story of Nicholaa De La Haye'.
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What do you get when you combine a body builder known for playing Hercules, some martial arts action, and spaghetti westerns with an Alexandre Dumas novel?
Why a Robin Hood movie, of course!!!
This was easily the strangest Robin Hood movie that we've seen to date, but a fascinating film to consider in the context of the other films coming out at the same time. With Richard Hopkins-Lutz and Andy Fix.
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How did people in the middle ages perceive the figure of Robin Hood?
Did social class or occupation affect those perceptions?
How violent were the early stories?
Where did the idea come from that Robin Hood wears green?
Historian and Robin Hood scholar Will Hoff and I sit down to discuss how Robin Hood was viewed and how he was utilized between the 14th-16th centuries.
Thanks for listening!
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Join us as we delve into this Italian film that loosely adapts a French novel that is itself an adaptation of an English story. We never quite figured out how Ivanhoe entered the narrative, but we did get to see one of the most brazen moves from any film version of Robin Hood ever!
With Richard Hopkins-Lutz and Leah Kahn.
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While much of my interview with Rob James includes information about visiting the annual Robin Hood Festival in Sherwood Forest, if you don't anticipate being able to make that particular trip, the episode also includes discussion about promoting wildlife diversity in Sherwood, the importance of the Robin Hood legend for the local community, and more!
To learn more about the Robin Hood Festival go to: visitsherwood.co.uk/home/robin-hood-festival-2024/
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Robin and Marian is pretty much unquestionably the most complex and thought-provoking Robin Hood film ever made. It has moments of lush cinematography and genuine insights about the human condition and explores the complexities of the relationships we have with our loved ones and with our own sense of identity.
At times it is also shockingly daft and distractingly bizarre costuming and directorial choices were made.
Fortunately, I am joined by Richard Hopkins-Lutz, Will Hoff, and Emily Rich to help make sense of this singular film.
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As of the recording of this episode, there are well over a dozen Robin Hood adaptations that have been examined as part of our Splitting Arrows series, a similar task could easily be undertaken for adaptations of the Story of Hong Gildong, the immensely popular bandit figure from Korea. Thanks to the translation of that story available now through Penguin Classics, the exploits of Hong Gildong are now more accessible to English-speaking audiences than ever before.
In this episode, I sit down with historian Dr. Minsoo Kang from the University of Missouri to discuss his translation of the Story of Hong Gildong, the universality of the noble outlaw, and what makes Hong Gildong a distinctly Korean figure.
The translated text with introduction and notes by Minsoo Kang:
The Story of Hong Gildong
Additional writing and study on Hong Gildong by Minsoo Kang:
Invincible and Righteous Outlaw: The Korean Hero Hong Gildong in Literature, History, and Culture
Minsoo Kang's new work of speculative fiction and storytelling:
The Melancholy of Untold History: A Novel
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I'm joined by Richard Hopkins-Lutz and Mike Nichols (with a special guest cameo by Allen Wright) to discuss the six part mini series "The Legend of Robin Hood" from 1975, a series that forced us to have a reckoning with just how we've been reviewing and discussing the Robin Hood media we've encountered up until this point!
We'll also get into a surprising amount of Blake's 7 discussion. Or perhaps not so surprising, if you're acquainted with the work of Paul Darrow...
Following Wolf's Head, this is our second take on a grittier Robin Hood, but our first that presents us with a King Richard I who isn't unambiguously heroic.
If you'd like to watch along, all six episodes can be found on YouTube:
The Legend of Robin Hood
To read more about the sexual preferences of King Richard and how they have been interpreted, and politicized through the centuries:
Rhodes, H. M., (2023) “Richard the Lionheart, Contested Queerness, and Crusading Memory”, Open Library of Humanities 9(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.16995/olh.9349
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Straight Outta the Federation
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This week I'm joined by a fiction writer who has delved deeply into the world of Robin Hood fiction through her work on the Robin of Sherwood audio dramas as well as the world of medieval outlaws through her academic studies and the Folville Chronicles, a historical fiction series centered around the very real Folville gang of the 14th century. Jennifer Ash's most recent release, though, takes place in the modern day. It is titled 'Manuscript Mysteries at the Robin Hood Club' and is a murder mystery centered around the discovery of a previously unknown Robin Hood ballad from the middle ages.
This book joins the novel 'Romancing Robin Hood', a romantic comedy she wrote under the pen name Jenny Kane, in the very select category of contemporary genre fiction with a Robin Hood-obsessed protagonists.
Jenny Kane/Jennifer Ash joins me to discuss writing cozy romances and cozy murder mysteries with a Robin Hood angle, as well as how she got involved writing licensed audio dramas for the Robin of Sherwood series.
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Jumping back in time to cover an overlooked short film from 1951. Since 'Tales of Robin Hood' is supposedly composed of episodes from a proposed television show, we brought back Ben Curley who had joined us for episode 32 when we covered Wolfshead, another attempted television show that saw a brief second life with a limited theatrical release.
The two would-be shows turned films are exceedingly different, but very much products of their times!
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Robin Hood has been a popular subject for plays dating back for at least 600 years and the production put on last year by Actor's Theater of Columbus exemplifies how modern authors continue to find ways to keep these characters and themes relevant, and entertaining, for audiences today. This episode includes my interview with playwright and director Philip Hickman and actors Adrianna Quinones and Sean Taylor. In addition, at the very end, I am joined by my Splitting Arrows co-star Richard Hopkins-Lutz as well as Maryanne Papke and Ari Papke to give our review of the production.
For more from Actor's Theater of Columbus, including this season's schedule: theactorstheatre.org
Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber
An introduction to earliest extant Robin Hood play 'Robyn Hod and the Shryff off Notyngham'
Previous Into the Greenwood interviews with playwrights:
Mike Nichols
Jeff Messer
Adam Szymkowicz
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Towards the end of this episode we grapple with this film's strange identity crisis. Which is appropriate as the main character seems to be having a bit of an identity crisis as well. Join us as we watch the charming and exuberant Guliano Gemma beat Russel Crowe to the punch in terms of stealing the identity of Robin Hood from a dead man.
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As an author, blogger, and podcaster, Icy Sedgwick has been making a name for herself with all things folklore-related across the internet. Her recent book, Rebel Folklore, from DK Press with vivid illustrations by Melissa Jarram, is a journey around the globe to look at folk heroes, terrifying monsters, agents of death, and all manner of beings that wouldn't quite fit in at your average society tea party. Icy not only introduces this host of colorful characters, but brings up applicable lessons we can learn for our modern lives when we consider them.
Rebel Folklore
IcySedgwick.com
Icy's podcast: Fabulous Folklore
Other podcasts mentioned in the episode:
The Folklore Podcast
Dirty Sexy History
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How does Robin Hood fall in with a group of pirates?
Will the pirates One Eye and Hook find love?
Where exactly is Sherwood supposed to be anyway?
How will the international film star and war hero known as "Sexy Lexy" fall in our ranking of Robin Hoods?
Listen to the episode to find the answers to some of those questions!
With Richard Hopkins-Lutz and Theodore Papke
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February of 2024 saw the release of a brand new Robin Hood-centric computer game developed with the Unreal Engine and released on Steam. It is an open world role playing game, which means that your character gains new skills and abilities as you navigate them through an explorable digital world. Additionally, the game utilizes base building and crafting elements that encourage you to create your own secret lair for Robin and his followers. Tomasz Stajszczak, the co-lead for the game's development, CEO of the company, and a translation studies scholar specializing in video game localization, sat down with me for an interview about the new game released by the company Mean Astronauts, 'Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders'.
Mean Astronauts Website
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Rick and Thaddeus are joined by Mike Nichols and Ben Curly to discuss a TV Pilot turned short film that, while now quite obscure, marked a real turning point in Robin Hood adaptations going forward. Most directly, the Robin of Sherwood television series from the 1980s.
The entire film on YouTube: Wolfshead
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This episode is the second part of our look at how and why creators have begun incorporating supernatural elements into their Robin Hood tales. In this interview with novelist J. Tullos Hennig, we examine the different elements that define her Robin and how another, nearly forgotten medieval outlaw tale, became an integral part of her five part novel series.
For more on J. Tullos Hennig and her work:
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https://forestpathbooks.com/
For episodes of Robin of Sherwood on YouTube from Family Central: Ep 1 Robin Hood and the Sorcerer
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A discussion with writer, filmmaker, and podcaster Andy Mark Simpson about why and how creators are sometimes drawn towards incorporating supernatural elements into their Robin Hood adaptations.
For more on Andy's work: https://www.dreamswarm.org/
For episodes of Robin of Sherwood on YouTube from Family Central: Ep 1 Robin Hood and the Sorcerer
For a discussion about medieval beliefs in the supernatural: Episode 6 with Richard Firth Green
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Since the internet dearly loves a ranked list, we've started ranking all of the screen adaptations of Robin Hood starting with Douglas Fairbanks as a part of the Splitting Arrows series. In honor of his 50th anniversary, Rick and I devoted nearly an entire hour to discussing just where in the ranking this animated version of Robin Hood belongs.
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A special edition of Splitting Arrows to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Disney's animated Robin Hood film! Special guests from previous episodes return to help us celebrate and discuss this much-loved animated classic that has become a touchstone for our cultural connections to Robin Hood for generations!
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Patricia Gonsalves is the founder of Lykopis Archery, an expert on historical archery, a competitor in international traditional archery competitions, was the archery consultant for the television shows, 'Arrow' and 'The Flash', and was the first person that came to my mind when I first started this podcast.
During our wide ranging discussion we touch upon the earliest bows we know from the archaeological record, what it's like to work in Hollywood, how to make one's own bow and arrows, the physics of archery, different styles of shooting and much much more!
The Saga Thing podcast episode featuring Patricia Gonsalves and Stephen Fox
https://sagathing.podbean.com/e/saga-brief-14-medieval-archery-with-patricia-gonsalves-and-stephen-fox/
The Holmegaard Bow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmegaard_bow
The Hunting Gear of Ötzi the Iceman
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-we-can-learn-otzis-hunting-pack-180973898/
The Mary Rose
https://maryrose.org/
Lykopis Archery
https://lykopis.com/home
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Backtracking in our chronological journey a little because it was decided that we HAD to delve into some of the more influential television series, starting with 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' from 1955 starring Richard Greene. We only sampled four episodes, a tiny fraction of the show's run, but we had a LOT to say about them. A wide range of topics are discussed within this episode relating to storytelling, medieval history, McCarthyism, disease, the Jewish Diaspora, and somehow the Mirror Universe of Star Trek. Plus there's a bonus review of malmsey, Friar Tuck's fortified wine of choice, at the end of the episode.
With Richard Hopkins-Lutz and Emily Holt
Episodes reviewed include:
The Coming of Robin Hood
The Moneylender
Errand of Mercy
The York Treasure
Monty Python Parody
The Saturday Matinee Theater from The Longbox Crusade doing episode by episode recaps: http://saturdaymatineetheatre.longboxcrusade.com/
ImFollowingRobinHood
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A tale of one play and the two groups of high school students that managed to produce that play against all odds.
The play, "Marian or the True Tale of Robin Hood" is the sort of fun adaptation that embraces inclusivity that I would have been inclined to cover on this podcast, even if it hadn't just been featured in some headlines. And it even happened that I had a personal connection to a recent production that had experienced its own unique set of challenges.
The Journal Gazette article from which I first learned about the students of Carroll High School in Fort Wayne: https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/carroll-students-take-play-to-independent-stage-after-school-cancellation/
Their own website with a donation link: https://www.marianlives.org/
The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
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To celebrate May Day, we're presenting an episode of the DreamSwarm podcast by writer and filmmaker Andy Mark Simpson. This is a holiday dear to Andy and he did a fabulous job interviewing Keith Leech of the Hastings Jack-in-the-Green festival about the particulars relating to some of the interesting traditions surrounding this particular seasonal celebration.
You can find more of Andy's work, including other episodes of his podcast, his blog, and his films at dreamswarm.org
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Over the past few years I've been delved into many different adaptations of Robin Hood and even a good handful that have centered around Maid Marian, and while each one has been unique in its own way, the Forest Wife trilogy by Theresa Tomlinson does stand apart from the others. In it can be felt the influence of ITV's 'Robin of Sherwood' from the 1980s, but also of the local folklore from her childhood, early Robin Hood ballads, and medieval history, but without losing the author's distinct, and decidedly feminist, voice.
It was a pleasure talking with Theresa Tomlinson and I hope that you enjoy my interview where we delve into her influences and the themes of her novels.
The author's website: https://theresatomlinson.com/
An earlier interview on her work from Allen Wright of boldoutlaw.com:
https://www.boldoutlaw.com/robint/tomlinson1.html
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Hammer Films is our primary Robin Hood content creator from this period. This British production company, mostly remembered for its horror films, has been a real mixed bag with us here at Into the Greenwood. Men of Sherwood Forest was a surprise hit with us. While The Sword of Sherwood Forest built high expectations with its cast of Richard Greene and Peter Cushing, only to dash them with a convoluted mess of a movie. For their third outing we get a third Robin Hood, and unlike the previous two, an origin story. How does this one fare? With a good deal more absurdity than we had anticipated...
During the outro I draw connection to a topic covered in episode 10:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1727735/9254400
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On October 18th 2022, the 100th anniversary of the silent film classic "Robin Hood" starring Douglas Fairbanks, I was joined by Emily Rich, Leah Kahn, Nathan Makaryk, Mike Nichols, Allen Wright, and Kristen Noone to discuss the film and its impact on how we've viewed the world's most famous outlaw hero ever since.
The discussion was also posted on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mw9nW0Z5XE&t=4s
Here is the A+ work from Allen Wright, one of the guests in that discussion, in his coverage of the film for the anniversary on his website: https://www.boldoutlaw.com/robspot/douglas-fairbanks-in-robin-hood.html
Here is also the very first Splitting Arrows episode where we covered the film: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1727735/8428786-episode-3-splitting-arrows-taking-aim-at-douglas-fairbanks-in-robin-hood-1922.mp3?download=true
The award-winning game designer and artist, Michael Menzel discusses his return to the world of board game making with the lushly illustrated story-driven cooperative campaign game 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'.
His designer diary is worth perusing to get a glimpse at the evolution of his ideas and to see the artwork that didn't make it into the finished product: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2744373/adventures-robin-hood-designer-diary
'The Adventures of Robin Hood' is for sale from Kosmos or your friendly local game store: https://store.thamesandkosmos.com/collections/board-games/products/the-adventures-of-robin-hood
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Thaddeus and Rick are joined by special guests AJ and Emily Holt to watch Richard Greene, one of the actors with the MOST Robin Hood-related bonafides do battle with none other than Grand Moff Tarkin himself, Peter Cushing, in what proved to be the most convoluted Robin Hood tale to date.
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It's an old aphorism that history is written by the winners; which implies a certain bias in the historical record. Of course, that's even assuming you have a written record at all. Archaeology is a means of learning about our past in ways that don't rely on the written word. While the popular imagination tends to fixate on images of tombs, mummies, and glittering artifacts, there are many different types of archaeology; including the study of animal remains. For instance, the people of Medieval England raised livestock, kept pets, hunted, and often lived with rodents, and studying the remains of those animals can tell us a lot about the lives of the humans that were around them.
This episode's guest, Dr. Naomi Sykes, reveals more about the study of zooarchaeology and some of the ways that she has used it to further our understanding of the Medieval world.
Papers on some of the research projects mentioned in the interview:
Wild to domestic and back again: the dynamics of fallow deer management in medieval England (c. 11th-16th century AD)
In search of the 'great horse': A zooarchaeological assessment of horses from England (AD 300-1650)
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Jeff Messer has had a success run with his Robin Hood:Legend of Sherwood plays and is now in the process of switching from play writing to comic book writing as he adapts the story into graphic novel form. As of the posting of this episode, the kickstarter for volume 2 will be entering the final two weeks of its campaign. We discuss how the switch to comics offers a different approach to storytelling and some of the benefits that come from funding a project through kickstarter. I have to admit that we do fanboy a little over some of the legendary comic book artists who are collaborating on his project. And at the very end of the interview, Jeff offers an exclusive reward for Into the Greenwood listeners. It's hard to talk too much about comic books over an audio medium, though, so to really get a sense of what we're discussing check out Jeff's projects on Kickstarter or Facebook via the links below!
Robin Hood: Legend of Sherwood Volumes 1 & 2 on Kickstarter
www.facebook.com/LegendofSherwood
For more on their partner charity organization
www.comicbooksforkids.org/
The Infamous and Venerable Bold Outlaw Website
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Mistaken identities, romantic trysts, secret passages, and daring action abound in "The Son of Robin Hood"! While all accurate, I'd hesitate to call this a "good" movie. Our third venture into the "Child of Robin Hood" sub-genre and we're still left scratching our heads over whether or not any of Robin's children had a mother.
Special guests: Richard Hopkins-Lutz and Maryanne Rose Papke
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It so happens that this year marks the bicentennial of the publication of one the very first works of historical fiction in the English language, the short novel "Maid Marian" by Thomas Love Peacock.
Through a bit of delightful coincidence, this bicentennial will see the release of a new movie that takes the surprisingly rare tack of focusing on Maid Marian. I was delighted to have the opportunity to sit down with the film's director Bill Thomas and the film's star Sophie Craig to discuss their process in creating the film, bringing some long overdue attention to Maid Marian, and what it was like to make an action adventure film during Covid lockdowns.
For more on the film, including the trailer:
The Adventures of Maid Marian
For free ebooks via the Gutenberg Project of Maid Marian by Thomas Love Peacock
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/966
For the earlier episode that focused on the origin and earlier interpretations of Maid Marian:
To All the Marians I Have Known with Emily J. Rich
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Mike Nichols caught my attention with his thoughtful posts about the myriad ways that various Robin Hood characters have been adapted. After having watched his play, 'The Gospel of Friar Tuck', I knew that I wanted to have him on the podcast to discuss the thought process that went into his own heartfelt adaptation.
The Gospel Of Friar Tuck Episode 1
The Gospel of Friar Tuck Episode 2
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This film caught me off guard in a number of ways, and not just because I wasn't expecting a strip poker scene. I wasn't expecting to see a lower-class Robin, nor one who was a full ten years into his career as an outlaw. But mostly I didn't expect the first Robin Hood movie from Hammer Films to be so cleverly written. It's a Robin Hood that feels familiar while also not rehashing most of the same ground as other films. And while yes, there really is a game of strip poker in the movie, it is still a family friendly film.
-with Richard Hopkins-Lutz and Jeff Wilkinson
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After many delays, one of the first episodes I wanted to do! A discussion about the very real Sherwood Forest from what it is like today to how it has changed over the centuries. Could outlaws have fended for themselves in a harsh medieval winter? Do the works of Howard Pyle give the right impression about forest life? What exactly did we learn from "The Butcher's Oak"?
I get some expert insights about how life is and was in Sherwood Forest from Andrew West, visitor experience officer for the RSPB.
RSPB website: https://www.rspb.org.uk/
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A long and thoughtful discussion about the first time Disney decided to make a Robin Hood movie. While not without its problems, its a fine film and is certainly worth a viewing for anyone who is a fan of Robin Hood.
-with Richard Hopkins-Lutz and Mike Nichols
Hear more from Mike Nichols on the Second Day Film Podcast:
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You can also check out his audio play "The Gospel of Friar Tuck" as performed by the Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company:
Part 1
Part 2
For all you could want to know and more about Walt Disney's Story of Robin Hood:
https://disneysrobin.blogspot.com/
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The first, but hopefully not last, episode of Into the Greenwood that was at least partially recorded in the actual greenwood. In particular some forested land on the Southern Michigan peninsula owned by this episode's guest, Chad Garlinghouse, that has been especially cultivated to be a habitat, and hunting ground, for white tailed deer.
Spoiler
No deer were harmed in the recording of this episode.
So while I may not have gotten the full experience, it was still highly educational. I learned about rub lines, arrow head types, deer grunts, how to unscent oneself, and a whole lot more.
At the end of the episode we mention the podcast that Chad co-hosts, Cardboard of the Rings, which can be found at cardboardoftherings.com or on most major podcast services.
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November 2nd, 2021 will see the release of the new cooperative card game "Rescuing Robin Hood". I spoke with the game's designer, Bryce Brown, about his design process and how Robin Hood can be the hero we need during this time. You can learn more about the game and its colorful cast of characters at castillogames.com.
You can use the code SAVE$5 to save $5 off the game, if you preorder it from their website.
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Will our second entry in the "child of Robin Hood" sub-genre actually explore the protagonist's relationship with his parents? Will his mother get even the slightest mention? Don't count on it! But you can expect some historically-inspired court politics and Alan Hale's third performance as Little John in the final film of his career.
-with Richard Hopkins-Lutz and Andy Fix
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Robin Hood may well be the most famous outlaw in the world, but he wasn't the only popular figure in Medieval England to be operating against the recognized legal authorities. Historian Will Hoff joins me for a discussion of the Outlaw Tale tradition and both how the early Robin Hood tales fit inside that tradition and how they were distinctly different.
If you're curious to learn more about some of the legendary and historic figures discussed:
Hereward the Wake
Fulk Fitzwarin
Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudesly
Gamelyn
Eustace the Monk
Wat Tyler
Roger Godberd
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The late 1940s - early 1950s saw a boom in Robin Hood films, landing smack dab in the middle of that trend was the original 'The Prince of Thieves' that, unlike the Kevin Costner film, was based on the novel by Pierce Egan (by way of Alexandre Dumas).
While certainly not the film that set the mold for future Robin Hood adaptations, it was nonetheless a very fun film that we enjoyed watching and discussing.
-With Richard Hopkins-Lutz, Theo Papke, and Roger Papke
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Emily J. Rich joins us in the Greenwood for a discussion about the history of female characters in Robin Hood stories, including some surprising facts about the origin of Maid Marian.
This discussion contained many references to adaptations, both old and new, here are some links to learn more about some of them:
Child Ballad 150: Robin Hood and Maid Marian by AnonymousRobin Hood: A Tale of the Olden Time by Anonymous (1819)
Maid Marian by Thomas Love Peacock (1822)
Maid Marian, or the Forest Queen, being a Companion to Robin Hoodby Joachim Hayward Stocqueler (1849)
Maid Marian and Robin Hood: A Romance of Old Sherwood by J.E. Muddock (1892)
The Outlaws of Sherwoodby Robin McKinely (1988)
The Arrow of Sherwoodby Lauren Johnson (2013)
The Scarlet Forestby A.E. Chandler (2017)
Sherwoodby Meagan Spooner (2019)
Maid Marian and the Morris: The Connection of the Morris with the Robin Hood Legend by Elizabeth Swann
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Based on the novel "The Son of Robin Hood", 1946's "The Bandit of Sherwood Forest" desperately wants to be perceived as the sequel to 1938's "The Adventures of Robin Hood". To say that it misses the mark would be an understatement.
Between a deeply unlikable (and even problematic) lead actor, an uninspired script, and some lackluster action sequences, the movie was certainly a let down. We did at least have fun reviewing it, though.
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An interview with Dr. Richard Firth Green about the prevalence of beliefs in fairies in the middle ages, where that belief could run afoul of church doctrine, and how sometimes it didn't. And of course, how a certain forest-dwelling outlaw pertains to stories of fairyland.
Some of Dr. Green's books can be found here:
Elf Queens and Holy Friars
A Crisis in Truth
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Just some basics about the earliest extant Robin Hood ballads because they're mentioned in all of the early interview episodes.
The second in our "Splitting Arrows" series of episodes this time focusing on 1938's 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' starring Errol Flynn. While "best" might be too subjective a title, one would be hard pressed to argue that this isn't the most iconic film portrayal of Robin Hood. Will it be all downhill from here?
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An interview with Steven A. McKay author of the 'Forest Lord' series of novels and novellas and contributor to the new 'Hood: Outlaws & Legends' video game.
We discuss his choice to abandon the traditional setting for Robin Hood in favor of the more traditional setting for Robin Hood (it will make sense, I promise) and how neither of us might be your best choice for a teammate in even a Robin Hood-themed video game and a whole lot more.
The author's page, with links to his work, an essay on his Robin Hood writing, and a suggested reading order for the 'Forest Lord' series:
https://stevenamckay.com/
Reference books mentioned during the interview for more on the original ballads of Robin Hood and the reign of King Edward II:
Robin Hood: The Man Behind the Myth by Graham Phillips and Martin Keatman
The Life and Times of Edward II by Caroline Bingham
Website for the 'Hood: Outlaws & Legends' video game from Focus Home Interactive.
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The first in our Splitting Arrows series looking at Robin Hood film portrayals over the last 100 years. It's an enjoyable film that managed to simultaneously both meet and upend my expectations.
The audio quality gets a bit rough in places, we already have better equipment to help alleviate that problem for future episodes.
An interview with Ade Andrews, aka Ezekial Bone, about his work with Robin Hood Town Tours in Nottingham, the benefits of utilizing legendary characters for the purpose of informal education, and what Robin Hood can mean to us in the 21st century.
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To learn more about the Sherwood People's Forest Project, including how to give support, go here: https://www.ezekialbone.com/sherwood-peoples-forest/
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An interview with buildings archaeologist James Wright to develop an idea of what the homes, castles, monasteries, taverns, and more would have been like in and around Sherwood during the late 12th century.
What is the connection between monasteries, inns, & theaters and how do they all relate back to Robin Hood?
What is the minor mistake every adaptation has made regarding the title of Robin Hood's primary antagonist?
Who is the real person that successfully snuck into Nottingham Castle and why?
All these questions and many more are answered in our extremely informative inaugural episode!
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Laying some groundwork and setting expectations as we begin this journey into the greenwood. Including brief discussion of the two different episode formats.
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