Playing Robin Hood
Subtitle: the legend as performance in five centuries
By: edited by Lois Potter.
Contributors: Potter, Lois.
Publisher: University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Newark; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892; Folk drama, English -- History and criticism; Robin Hood (Legendary character) in literature; English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism; English drama -- Restoration, 1660-1700 -- History and criticism; Literature, Comparative -- English and foreign; Literature, Comparative -- Foreign and English; Middle Ages in literature; Outlaws in literature; Medievalism -- History
Description: For over five hundred years, people have been assuming the roles of Robin Hood and his companions, both in the context of plays and games and in real life. The immense popularity of the legend has been attributed to popular and elite sources, to subversive and authoritarian impulses, to its reflection of historical conditions, and to its escape from them.

Less interested in the causes than the effects of this popularity, the ten essays in this collection explore the ways in which "Robin Hood" has been performed over time and in several different cultures, some of which probably never heard his name.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-247) and index.