Robin Hood Pantomime Script Spotlight
Rob from the rich, give to the funny!
Robin Hood is a title with strong built-in audience expectations; the Sheriff, the forest, the archery, the merry men, and our version delivers all of those while finding plenty of room to surprise. The Merry Men include Little John, Big John, Medium John, and Not John, whose name requires no further explanation. Dame Wilma Scarlet runs the outlaw camp and coordinates the Sherwood Forest Girl Guides with equal exasperation. The Sheriff's mum arrives mid-evil-planning with ham and pickle sandwiches and crusts removed, and later in the show Robin Hood, Alan-a-Dale, and Little John attempt to infiltrate the Girl Guides' camp in disguise, to be followed shortly afterwards by Bluff and Blunder doing exactly the same thing for entirely different reasons.
Synopsis
The Sheriff of Nottingham is taxing the people of Nottingham into the ground and enjoying every moment of it. Robin Hood has taken to the forest with his band of outlaws, robbing from the rich and distributing the proceeds, and is a constant thorn in the Sheriff's side.
When the Sheriff announces an archery competition at the Nottingham Fayre, everyone knows it's a trap. Robin Hood is going anyway. Maid Marian is fierce enough to handle whatever comes next, Dame Wilma Scarlet has the Girl Guides on standby, and the Sheriff's mum has strong opinions about the whole business.
This script is an arrow-dynamic adventure from start to finish!
What the script looks like in practice
The outlaw band makes introductions:
Little John: 'I'm Little John.'
Big John: 'I'm Big John.'
Medium John: 'And I'm Not-as-big-as-Big-John-but-bigger-than-Little-John John.'
Wilma Scarlett: 'Don't worry, we just call him Medium John for short.'
Medium John: 'But I'm not short!'
Who this script suits
Robin Hood has one of the largest ensemble casts in the catalogue, with townsfolk, outlaws, Girl Guides, archers, guards, and ghosts all needing bodies on stage. The named outlaw roles; Friar Tuck, Alan-a-Dale, Eleanor Dale and the four Johns, give a larger company real character work alongside the principals. The Girl Guide subplot in the second act gives the ensemble a distinct identity and staging opportunity of its own. Groups who want a script where the comedy is genuinely distributed across a large cast, rather than concentrated in one or two roles, will find this one rewards the size.
Robin Hood Reviews
‘Absolutely loved this script. The Girl Guides are an inspired addition to this wonderful story!’ - Barton AmDram on Robin Hood
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