GOODFELLOW, ROBIN HOOD

by Nora Louise Syran

A play with medieval music, mumming, and magic

1381, England. Sixteen year old Eleanor finds herself captivated by Robert "Robin" DuBois, a stonemason. As the reality of The Peasants' Revolt and her imagination intertwine, she copes with it all through the stories of Robin Hood and his "Merry Men"

(added to NPX Sept 19, 2024 -this is the pre-reading version)

A play with medieval music, mumming, and magic

1381, England. Sixteen year old Eleanor finds herself captivated by Robert "Robin" DuBois, a stonemason. As the reality of The Peasants' Revolt and her imagination intertwine, she copes with it all through the stories of Robin Hood and his "Merry Men"

(added to NPX Sept 19, 2024 -this is the pre-reading version)

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  • Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn: GOODFELLOW, ROBIN HOOD

    The characters in this play are as historically accurate as they are magical! This is the smart play your theatre has been looking to produce, with a healthy sized cast, musical interludes and a lot of fun and action! Very smart way to attack the myth of Robin Hood through the eyes of those who shaped and created it.

    The characters in this play are as historically accurate as they are magical! This is the smart play your theatre has been looking to produce, with a healthy sized cast, musical interludes and a lot of fun and action! Very smart way to attack the myth of Robin Hood through the eyes of those who shaped and created it.

  • Paul Donnelly: GOODFELLOW, ROBIN HOOD

    A charming reimagining of the myth of Robin Hood in the context of the political and social turmoil of the age of the imaginative young writer composing the tale. This is a rich and vivid narrative told with vital theatricality.

    A charming reimagining of the myth of Robin Hood in the context of the political and social turmoil of the age of the imaginative young writer composing the tale. This is a rich and vivid narrative told with vital theatricality.

  • Ian Thal: GOODFELLOW, ROBIN HOOD

    Fans know that Nora Louise Syran is too imaginative to simply retell the story of Robin Hood, instead, her GOODFELLOW, ROBIN HOOD is a story about how Elinor, a young woman educated in a convent, attempts to assemble the disparate folktales and ballads into a cohesive story, even as she finds parallels in her own life and in the political life of 14th century England wracked by the Peasants' Revolt against Richard II's reign. Great metatheatricality!

    Fans know that Nora Louise Syran is too imaginative to simply retell the story of Robin Hood, instead, her GOODFELLOW, ROBIN HOOD is a story about how Elinor, a young woman educated in a convent, attempts to assemble the disparate folktales and ballads into a cohesive story, even as she finds parallels in her own life and in the political life of 14th century England wracked by the Peasants' Revolt against Richard II's reign. Great metatheatricality!

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Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Playwrights Thriving Reading Series , Year 2024
  • Type Commission, Organization ASEICA Valbonne France , Year 2013