Robin Hood
Heroic outlaw in English folklore
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| 2024 |
Cultural depictions of Robin Hood
'Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders' is released as a video game.
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| 2023 |
Cultural depictions of Robin Hood
'Gangs of Sherwood' is released, another game centered around Robin Hood.
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| 2023 |
Robin Hood
Robin Hood appeared in the Disney short film 'Once Upon a Studio', voiced by Daniel Wolfe, alongside other Walt Disney Animation Studios characters.
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| 2021 |
Cultural depictions of Robin Hood
'Hood: Outlaws & Legends' is released, featuring Robin Hood.
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| 2021 |
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You
The song re-entered the US Digital Song Sales chart, ranking at position 34, demonstrating its enduring popularity decades after its original release.
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| September 2021 |
Cultural depictions of Robin Hood
Chris de Burgh released The Legend of Robin Hood, his twenty-second original album and a musical, through Rockware.
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| July 2020 |
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You
The song placed 13th on YouTube's 'Most Listened to Rock Countdown', becoming the second highest song by Bryan Adams after 'Please Forgive Me'.
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| July 2020 |
Major Oak
The Major Oak was reported as vandalized, with a three-foot section of bark fallen off.
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| December 2019 |
Edwinstowe
Brendan Clarke-Smith was living in Edwinstowe in December.
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| May 18 2019 |
Cultural depictions of Robin Hood
Augustine Institute released a 12-part audio drama 'The Legends of Robin Hood', written and directed by Paul McCusker. The drama stars Gwilym Lee as Robin Hood (Robert of Locksley), Katie Foster-Barnes as Maid Marian (Marian Fitzwalter), Robert Portal as Sir Guy of Gisbourne, and Nicholas Boulton as Richard the Lionheart.
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| 2018 |
Rufford Abbey
The 1907 wax cylinder recording of the 'Rufford Park Poachers' ballad was digitised and made available online by the British Library.
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| 2018 |
Merry Men
Robin Hood film features Jamie Foxx portraying a Moor version of Little John, continuing the trend of diverse representation in Merry Men adaptations.
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| 2018 |
Cultural depictions of Robin Hood
Oni Press published the graphic novel 'Merry Men', a queer re-imagining of the Robin Hood legend, written by Robert Rodi and illustrated by Jackie Lewis.
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| 2018 |
Guy of Gisbourne
In this Robin Hood adaptation, Paul Anderson portrays Sir Gisborne as Robin's former commanding officer in the Crusades, who is sent by the Sheriff to hunt down Robin after their falling out.
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| 2017 |
Cultural depictions of Robin Hood
The Labour Party pledged to enact a 'Robin Hood tax' on the financial sector if they won the general election.
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| 2017 |
Cultural depictions of Robin Hood
Pianist John Burke scored an outdoor production of Robin Hood.
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| 2017 |
Major Oak
English musician Beans on Toast created a song about the threat to the Major Oak from fracking on his album Cushty.
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| 2015 |
Cultural depictions of Robin Hood
The Green Party named their proposed tax on banks after Robin Hood in their election manifesto.
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| 2015 |
Cultural depictions of Robin Hood
Robin Hood appears in 'Fate/Grand Order' by Delight Works/Type-Moon.
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| 2015 |
Major Oak
The Major Oak came sixth in the European Tree of the Year finals.
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| 2014 |
Major Oak
The Major Oak was voted 'England's Tree of the Year'.
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| 2013 |
Guy of Gisbourne
Matthew Cody publishes 'Will in Scarlet', presenting Guy as a brutal knight who helps Prince John and murders Will's uncle.
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| 2013 |
Guy of Gisbourne
J Tullos Hennig begins 'The Books of the Wode' series, introducing Guy (originally Gamelyn) as a childhood friend and lover of Rob who becomes a Templar.
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| 2012 |
Merry Men
In a Once Upon a Time episode, Mulan (portrayed by Jamie Chung) becomes the first female member of Robin's band.
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| 2012 |
Cultural depictions of Robin Hood
Zenescope published 'Robyn Hood', a re-imagining of the character with a female protagonist.
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| 2012 |
Cultural depictions of Robin Hood
Robin Hood is included in the strategy game 'Crusader Kings II' by Paradox Interactive.
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| 2011 |
Cultural depictions of Robin Hood
German heavy metal band Edguy released 'Robin Hood' as the first single from their album Age of the Joker, with a humorous music video featuring the band's lead singer Tobias Sammet as Robin Hood.
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| March 20 2011 |
Cultural depictions of Robin Hood
A new production of Albert Dietrich's almost forgotten Robin Hood opera was performed at the Theater Erfurt.
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| 2010 |
Cultural depictions of Robin Hood
Robin Hood appears in multiple video games: 'Fate/Extra' by Epoch/Type-Moon, 'Robin Hood: The Return of Richard' by Nordcurrent, and 'Robin's Quest: A Legend Born' by Gogii Games.
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| 2010 |
Guy of Gisbourne
Actor Mark Strong's character Sir Godfrey in Ridley Scott's Robin Hood is based on Guy of Gisbourne.
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Merry Men, Edwinstowe, Guy of Gisbourne, Rufford Abbey, Major Oak, Robin Hood (Disney character), Cultural depictions of Robin Hood & (Everything I Do) I Do It for You, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.