Robin Hood
Pantomime Script
19 Characters • 14 Principals, 5 Supporting plus Ensemble • Running time ~1h 50m
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Robin Hood gives you a tremendous amount to work with: Sherwood Forest, a castle dungeon, an archery competition, a Girl Guides subplot that never fails to get a laugh, and a Sheriff of Nottingham with real comic menace. Dame Wilma Scarlett is a standout part, and Maid Marian is written as a genuinely feisty heroine. A traditional panto title with serious comedic ambition.
Robin Hood Pantomime Script Synopsis
The dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham is up to no good, raising taxes, bullying the townsfolk, and plotting to marry Maid Marian, whether she likes it or not.
Meanwhile, deep in Sherwood Forest, Robin Hood and his merry band of outlaws are preparing to fight back with clever tricks, cunning disguises, and a little help from the local Girl Guides.
When the Sheriff sets a trap at the Nottingham Fayre Archery Competition, Robin is captured, throwing the future of the forest into doubt. It's up to Marian, Dame Wilma Scarlett, and the gang to mount a daring rescue and prove that good always triumphs, especially in tights!
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Robin Hood Pantomime Script Characters
Principal Characters
Robin Hood: Our eponymous hero
Maid Marian: Or fierce and feisty heroine
Dame Wilma Scarlett: Outlaw and Girl Guide Administrator
The Spirit of Sherwood: A bright and cheery fairy
The Sheriff of Nottingham: Corrupt with power and longing for love
Alan-a-Dale: Part of Robin’s gang. Eleanors’ brother
Eleanor Dale: Maid Marian’s best friend. Alan’s sister
Friar Tuck: A Nottingham clergyman
Little John: One of the Outlaws
Bluff and Blunder: The Sheriff’s idiotic sidekicks
Mum: The Sheriff’s over-doting mother
Brown Owl: Leader of the Sherwood Forest Girl Guides
Snowy Owl: Deputy Leader of the Girl Guides
Janet the Jailor: An older Prison Officer
Supporting Characters
Big John: One of the Outlaws
Medium John: An Outlaw. Taller than Little John, shorter than Big John
Not John: A female member of Robin’s gang
Richard the Lionheart: The absent King of England
Ensemble
Townsfolk, Outlaws, Girl-Guides, Archers, Guards and Ghosts etc
Scaleable to suit your company size
Robin Hood Pantomime Script Scenes
Robin Hood Pantomime Script Excerpt
The ENSEMBLE, as Townsfolk, are gathered in Nottingham Square. ELEANOR DALE, ALAN-A-DALE and MAID MARIAN are among them.
ELEANOR: Hello everyone and welcome to the brightest, busiest, bustling-est town in England; Nottingham! My name is Eleanor Dale and this is my brother Alan-a-Dale.
ALAN: Today is payday, so we’re having a good time while we’ve got some money left, and before the Sheriff collects the taxes!
ENSEMBLE 1: He taxed me for whistling last week!
ENSEMBLE 2: He taxed me for frowning, and then taxed me for ‘being too smiley’!
ENSEMBLE 3: He taxed me for being too poor!
ALAN: All the Sheriff does is collect taxes and we never see a penny of it spent on the people.
ENSEMBLE 1: Sounds like (Name of Local Council/Government Authority) to me!
ELEANOR: He just sits in Nottingham Castle counting his coins. At this point he’s got more gold than a relay team on the Olympic podium.
Laughter ripples. MAID MARIAN joins in with a laugh. She’s been mingling unnoticed until now.
MARIAN: Honestly, if he taxed the air, we’d all be broke and breathless.
No one finds it funny.
ALAN: You’re not from round here, are you?
MARIAN: Um, no.
ALAN: What’s your name?
MARIAN: (Cautiously) It’s Marian.
Beat.
ENSEMBLE 2: Wait a minute… not Maid Marian? As in… King Richard’s daughter?
MARIAN: (Trying to be light-hearted) That’s me.
The ENSEMBLE becomes deferent towards her.
ENSEMBLE 1: Your Highness! We didn’t know! I mean, lovely weather we’re taxing today!
ENSEMBLE 3: I wasn’t complaining about taxes. I adore taxes. Taxes are my hobby.
MARIAN: (Exasperated) Oh, for goodness’ sake, I just want to talk to people like a normal person.
ENSEMBLE 2: We’d love to let you, Miss… Majesty. We’re just not sure of the rules.
MARIAN: There are no rules! Just treat me like anyone else!
ELEANOR: Well in that case... (She playfully shoves MARIAN lightly) Welcome to Nottingham.
MARIAN: (Confused) Hey!
Beat. MARIAN realises ELEANOR is teasing and playfully shoves her back.
ELEANOR: Hey, yourself!
MARIAN: You know what? I like you. In fact, I like you all. You’re real, not like those simpering sycophants at court.
ALAN: Alright everyone, she’s just a normal person, Ok? Let’s leave her be.
ELEANOR pulls MARIAN to one side.
ELEANOR: Do you want to know a secret? My brother Alan is secretly part of Robin Hood’s gang.
MARIAN: Seriously?
ELEANOR nods.
MARIAN: Although, Robin Hood… Really? He’s a bit of a jumped-up highwayman, isn’t he?
ELEANOR: He’s not that bad, although he does have a flair for the dramatic.
MARIAN: (Laughs) It sounds like he’s got a cape and a complex.
ELEANOR: He doesn’t have a cape, but he does wear tights.
MARIAN: Even worse!