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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size:125%; font-style:italic; padding-bottom:0.2em;">In the Shadow of Midnight <span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=In+the+Shadow+of+Midnight&rft.author=%5B%5BMarsha+Canham%5D%5D&rft.date=1994&rft.pub=%5B%5BDell+Publishing%5D%5D&rft.pages=416"></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:In_the_Shadow_of_Midnight_by_Marsha_Canham.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/77/In_the_Shadow_of_Midnight_by_Marsha_Canham.jpg/220px-In_the_Shadow_of_Midnight_by_Marsha_Canham.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="373" class="mw-file-element" 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"Medieval" trilogy inspired by the <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood" title="Robin Hood">Robin Hood</a> legend set in 13th-century England. The story centres on the rescue of <a href="/wiki/Eleanor,_Fair_Maid_of_Brittany" title="Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany">Princess Eleanor of Brittany</a>, the rightful heiress to the English throne, who is held captive by her uncle <a href="/wiki/John,_King_of_England" title="John, King of England">King John</a>. The novel was published by <a href="/wiki/Dell_Publishing" title="Dell Publishing">Dell Publishing</a> in 1994 as a sequel to Canham's 1991 story, <i><a href="/wiki/Through_a_Dark_Mist" title="Through a Dark Mist">Through a Dark Mist</a></i>. </p><p>A dream inspired Canham to reinterpret the legend of Robin Hood. She initially intended that Eduard FitzRandwulf – one of the main characters in <i>In the Shadow of Midnight</i> – would represent her vision of Robin Hood, before choosing another character who would be featured in the final instalment, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Arrow" title="The Last Arrow">The Last Arrow</a></i> (1997). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=In_the_Shadow_of_Midnight&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historical_background">Historical background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=In_the_Shadow_of_Midnight&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Historical background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The story begins in April, 1203, at <a href="/wiki/Rouen_Castle" title="Rouen Castle">Rouen Castle</a>. <a href="/wiki/Arthur_I,_Duke_of_Brittany" title="Arthur I, Duke of Brittany">Arthur, Duke of Brittany</a>, rightful heir to the English throne, is murdered in secret by his usurper uncle, <a href="/wiki/John,_King_of_England" title="John, King of England">King John</a>, to prevent further rebellions against John's precarious reign. John had unsuccessfully attempted to leverage Arthur's sister, <a href="/wiki/Eleanor,_Fair_Maid_of_Brittany" title="Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany">Eleanor of Brittany</a>, as a means of persuasion for Arthur to recognize his right to the throne; with her brother dead, Eleanor becomes a claimant to the throne and remains in John's custody in England. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Plot_summary">Plot summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=In_the_Shadow_of_Midnight&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Plot summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At <a href="/wiki/Pembroke_Castle" title="Pembroke Castle">Pembroke Castle</a>, Lady Ariel de Clare – a fiercely independent eighteen-year-old who rebels against the womanly role society expects of her – discovers that she has been betrothed by King John to one of his retainers, <a href="/wiki/Reginald_de_Braose" title="Reginald de Braose">Reginald de Braose</a>. Ariel is outraged, having been promised by her uncle, the powerful <a href="/wiki/William_Marshal,_1st_Earl_of_Pembroke" title="William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke">William Marshal</a>, that she would choose her own husband. To avoid the match with such an unpleasant man, she decides to travel to France to find her uncle; but, before departing, Ariel rashly agrees to wed the visiting Welsh lord Rhys ap Iorwerth as a means of thwarting John's plans—and immediately regrets her choice. Accompanying Ariel to France are her older brother, Lord Henry de Clare, and his friend Sedrick of Grantham. Rhys instructs his brother Dafydd to bring the marriage offer to William Marshal, hoping that an alliance between their two families will help him gain political leverage over their older brother <a href="/wiki/Llywelyn_the_Great" class="mw-redirect" title="Llywelyn the Great">Llywelyn, Prince of Gwynedd</a>. </p><p>The Clares' journey takes them to <a href="/wiki/Amboise_Castle" class="mw-redirect" title="Amboise Castle">Amboise Castle</a>, the home of Lord Randwulf de la Seyne Sur Mer, champion of the dowager queen <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine" title="Eleanor of Aquitaine">Eleanor of Aquitaine</a> and the former outlaw known as "Black Wolf" (hero from the events of the <a href="/wiki/Through_a_Dark_Mist" title="Through a Dark Mist">first book</a>). At Amboise, William Marshall reveals a secret plan to rescue Princess Eleanor and place her on the English throne. 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Once at Corfe, they contrive to get into the castle by showing letters of permission from Marshall, the pretence being Ariel's supposed impending marriage to de Braose. Eduard is horrified to find that John has had Eleanor blinded as a means of dissuading others from supporting her. They rescue the pious, gentle princess and her maid Marienne and bring them to a priory to live out the rest of her days in peace. Henry remains to protect them. Meanwhile, Ariel and Eduard have fallen in love and she breaks her engagement to the Welsh lord. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=In_the_Shadow_of_Midnight&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:33em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #FFFFF0;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"That was what gave me the idea for the sequel, <i>In the Shadow of Midnight</i>, where the lost princess is found, and somewhere in there the whole Robin Hood theme started to take shape and I had a blast adding characters from the legends and making it look like that had been my intention all along." </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">—Author <a href="/wiki/Marsha_Canham" title="Marsha Canham">Marsha Canham</a> on discovering the story of <a href="/wiki/Eleanor,_Fair_Maid_of_Brittany" title="Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany">Eleanor of Brittany</a><sup id="cite_ref-canhamblog1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canhamblog1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div> </div> <p>Canadian author <a href="/wiki/Marsha_Canham" title="Marsha Canham">Marsha Canham</a> began writing about the legend of <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood" title="Robin Hood">Robin Hood</a> in her novel <i><a href="/wiki/Through_a_Dark_Mist" title="Through a Dark Mist">Through a Dark Mist</a></i>, being inspired by her love of <a href="/wiki/Errol_Flynn" title="Errol Flynn">Errol Flynn</a>'s films and by a recurring dream of a "beautiful blonde-haired damsel in distress, held captive in a cave high on a cliff, rescued by two men cloaked in monks' robes, wielding bows and arrows."<sup id="cite_ref-rtbookreviews_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rtbookreviews-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Canham had almost completed <i>Through a Dark Mist</i> when she came across something mentioning the "lost princess of Brittany". This discovery prompted her to add the young Eleanor to that story before finishing, and gave her the idea to write a sequel centred on her story.<sup id="cite_ref-canhamblog1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canhamblog1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Through a Dark Mist</i> saw the invention of "the Black Wolf of Lincoln", a character meant to be "heroic enough to have sired such a legendary hero" as Robin Hood. She followed this idea – the creation of the Black Wolf's son as a representation of Robin Hood – with <i>In the Shadow of Midnight</i> but ultimately decided that "Eduard Fitz Randwulf was not quite the man I was looking for."<sup id="cite_ref-rtbookreviews_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rtbookreviews-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite Eduard not quite fitting the role Canham was desiring to fill, her supporting characters, such as Marienne and Friar Tuck, were meant to "conceivably form the nucleus of the legend."<sup id="cite_ref-rtbookreviews_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rtbookreviews-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She opted to follow another character as a better fit for the legendary man, also named Robin, in her trilogy's final novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Arrow" title="The Last Arrow">The Last Arrow</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-rtbookreviews_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rtbookreviews-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release_and_reception">Release and reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=In_the_Shadow_of_Midnight&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Release and reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>In the Shadow of Midnight</i> was published in 1994 by <a href="/wiki/Dell_Publishing" title="Dell Publishing">Dell Publishing</a>. It was the first installment in Canham's Medieval trilogy, the other two being <i>Through a Dark Mist</i> (1991) and <i>The Last Arrow</i> (1997).<sup id="cite_ref-contempauthors_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-contempauthors-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jane Sullivan, writing for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald" title="The Sydney Morning Herald">The Sydney Morning Herald</a></i>, recommended the entire "swashbuckling" trilogy for "hopeless romantics,"<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Rebekah Bradford of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Post_and_Courier" title="The Post and Courier">The Post and Courier</a></i> called the series an "inventive reimagining."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> 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Wakefield">The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheriff_of_Nottingham" title="Sheriff of Nottingham">Sheriff of Nottingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_of_Gisbourne" title="Guy of Gisbourne">Guy of Gisbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John,_King_of_England" title="John, King of England">Prince John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Hereford_(Robin_Hood)" title="Bishop of Hereford (Robin Hood)">Bishop of Hereford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_at_the_Lee" title="Richard at the Lee">Richard at the Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_I_of_England" title="Richard I of England">King Richard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Merry_Men" title="Merry Men">Merry Men</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Little_John" title="Little John">Little John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Much_the_Miller%27s_Son" title="Much the Miller's Son">Much the Miller's Son</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Scarlet" title="Will Scarlet">Will Scarlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_a_Bland" title="Arthur a Bland">Arthur a Bland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_of_Doncaster" class="mw-redirect" title="David of Doncaster">David of Doncaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Stutely" class="mw-redirect" title="Will Stutely">Will Stutely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friar_Tuck" title="Friar Tuck">Friar Tuck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan-a-Dale" title="Alan-a-Dale">Alan-a-Dale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Whitehand" title="Gilbert Whitehand">Gilbert Whitehand</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Settings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sherwood_Forest" title="Sherwood Forest">Sherwood Forest</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_Oak" title="Major Oak">Major Oak</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottingham" title="Nottingham">Nottingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loxley,_South_Yorkshire" title="Loxley, South Yorkshire">Loxley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Abbey,_York" title="St Mary's Abbey, York">St Mary's Abbey, York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnsdale" title="Barnsdale">Barnsdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wentbridge" title="Wentbridge">Wentbridge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Media" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Media</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_and_television_series_featuring_Robin_Hood" title="List of films and television series featuring Robin Hood">Screen</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_(1912_film)" title="Robin Hood (1912 film)">Robin Hood</a></i> (1912)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Fairbanks_in_Robin_Hood" title="Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood">Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood</a></i> (1922)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Robin_Hood" title="The Adventures of Robin Hood">The Adventures of Robin Hood</a></i> (1938)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bandit_of_Sherwood_Forest" title="The Bandit of Sherwood Forest">The Bandit of Sherwood Forest</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Prince_of_Thieves" title="The Prince of Thieves">The Prince of Thieves</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rogues_of_Sherwood_Forest" title="Rogues of Sherwood Forest">Rogues of Sherwood Forest</a></i> (1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tales_of_Robin_Hood" title="Tales of Robin Hood">Tales of Robin Hood</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_Robin_Hood_(film)" title="The Story of Robin Hood (film)">The Story of Robin Hood</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Men_of_Sherwood_Forest" title="The Men of Sherwood Forest">The Men of Sherwood Forest</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sword_of_Sherwood_Forest" title="Sword of Sherwood Forest">Sword of Sherwood Forest</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Triumph_of_Robin_Hood" title="The Triumph of Robin Hood">The Triumph of Robin Hood</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Challenge_for_Robin_Hood" title="A Challenge for Robin Hood">A Challenge for Robin Hood</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Long_Live_Robin_Hood" title="Long Live Robin Hood">Long Live Robin Hood</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wolfshead:_The_Legend_of_Robin_Hood" title="Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood">Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Arrows_of_Robin_Hood" title="The Arrows of Robin Hood">The Arrows of Robin Hood</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_and_Marian" title="Robin and Marian">Robin and Marian</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aaj_Ka_Robin_Hood" title="Aaj Ka Robin Hood">Aaj Ka Robin Hood</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/O_Mist%C3%A9rio_de_Robin_Hood" title="O Mistério de Robin Hood">O Mistério de Robin Hood</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_(1991_British_film)" title="Robin Hood (1991 British film)">Robin Hood</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood:_Prince_of_Thieves" title="Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves">Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_(2010_film)" title="Robin Hood (2010 film)">Robin Hood</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_(2018_film)" title="Robin Hood (2018 film)">Robin Hood</a></i> (2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_(1953_TV_series)" title="Robin Hood (1953 TV series)">Robin Hood</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Robin_Hood_(TV_series)" title="The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)">The Adventures of Robin Hood</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Robin_Hood_(1968_film)" title="The Legend of Robin Hood (1968 film)">The Legend of Robin Hood</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Robin_Hood_(TV_series)" title="The Legend of Robin Hood (TV series)">The Legend of Robin Hood</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_of_Sherwood" title="Robin of Sherwood">Robin of Sherwood</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Adventures_of_Robin_Hood" title="The New Adventures of Robin Hood">The New Adventures of Robin Hood</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_(2006_TV_series)" title="Robin Hood (2006 TV series)">Robin Hood</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robyn_Hood" title="Robyn Hood">Robyn Hood</a></i> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Animated</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_Makes_Good" title="Robin Hood Makes Good">Robin Hood Makes Good</a></i> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rabbit_Hood" title="Rabbit Hood">Rabbit Hood</a></i> (1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_Daffy" title="Robin Hood Daffy">Robin Hood Daffy</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hoodwinked" class="mw-redirect" title="Robin Hoodwinked">Robin Hoodwinked</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rocket_Robin_Hood" title="Rocket Robin Hood">Rocket Robin Hood</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_(1973_film)" title="Robin Hood (1973 film)">Robin Hood</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_(1990_TV_series)" title="Robin Hood (1990 TV series)">Robin Hood</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Robin_Hood" title="Young Robin Hood">Young Robin Hood</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry:_Robin_Hood_and_His_Merry_Mouse" title="Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse">Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherwood_(2019_TV_series)" title="Sherwood (2019 TV series)">Sherwood</a></i> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Parody</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/About_Seven_Brothers" title="About Seven Brothers">About Seven Brothers</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/When_Things_Were_Rotten" title="When Things Were Rotten">When Things Were Rotten</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Zany_Adventures_of_Robin_Hood" title="The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood">The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Maid_Marian_and_Her_Merry_Men" title="Maid Marian and Her Merry Men">Maid Marian and Her Merry Men</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood:_Men_in_Tights" title="Robin Hood: Men in Tights">Robin Hood: Men in Tights</a></i> (1993)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Alternate<br />settings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mexicali_Rose_(1939_film)" title="Mexicali Rose (1939 film)">Mexicali Rose</a></i> (1939 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_and_the_7_Hoods" title="Robin and the 7 Hoods">Robin and the 7 Hoods</a></i> (1964 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Naan_Sigappu_Manithan_(1985_film)" title="Naan Sigappu Manithan (1985 film)">Naan Sigappu Manithan</a></i> (1985 Tamil film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nyayam_Meere_Cheppali" title="Nyayam Meere Cheppali">Nyayam Meere Cheppali</a></i> (1985 Telugu film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_of_Locksley_(film)" title="Robin of Locksley (film)">Robin of Locksley</a></i> (1996 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Catch_Me_Now" title="Catch Me Now">Catch Me Now</a></i> (2008 Chinese TV series)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alyas_Robin_Hood" title="Alyas Robin Hood">Alyas Robin Hood</a></i> (2016 Philippines TV series)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_in_popular_culture" title="Robin Hood in popular culture">Popular culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Robin_Hood" title="Statue of Robin Hood">Statue of Robin Hood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_(DC_Comics)" title="Robin Hood (DC Comics)">Robin Hood (DC Comics character)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_(Disney_character)" title="Robin Hood (Disney character)">Robin Hood (Disney character)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Child ballads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>8: <a href="/wiki/Erlinton" title="Erlinton">Erlinton</a></li> <li>102: <a href="/wiki/Willie_and_Earl_Richard%27s_Daughter" title="Willie and Earl Richard's Daughter">Willie and Earl Richard's Daughter</a></li> <li>103: <a href="/wiki/Rose_the_Red_and_White_Lily" title="Rose the Red and White Lily">Rose the Red and White Lily</a></li> <li>115: <a href="/wiki/Robyn_and_Gandeleyn" title="Robyn and Gandeleyn">Robyn and Gandeleyn</a></li> <li>117: <a href="/wiki/A_Gest_of_Robyn_Hode" title="A Gest of Robyn Hode">A Gest of Robyn Hode</a></li> <li>118: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_and_Guy_of_Gisborne" title="Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne">Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne</a></li> <li>119: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_and_the_Monk" title="Robin Hood and the Monk">Robin Hood and the Monk</a></li> <li>120: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood%27s_Death" title="Robin Hood's Death">Robin Hood's Death</a></li> <li>121: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_and_the_Potter" title="Robin Hood and the Potter">Robin Hood and the Potter</a></li> <li>123: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_and_the_Curtal_Friar" title="Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar">Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar</a></li> <li>124: <a href="/wiki/The_Jolly_Pinder_of_Wakefield" title="The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield">The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield</a></li> <li>126: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_and_the_Tanner" title="Robin Hood and the Tanner">Robin Hood and the Tanner</a></li> <li>127: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_and_the_Tinker" title="Robin Hood and the Tinker">Robin Hood and the Tinker</a></li> <li>128: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_Newly_Revived" title="Robin Hood Newly Revived">Robin Hood Newly Revived</a></li> <li>129: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_and_the_Prince_of_Aragon" title="Robin Hood and the Prince of Aragon">Robin Hood and the Prince of Aragon</a></li> <li>130: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_and_the_Scotchman" title="Robin Hood and the Scotchman">Robin Hood and the Scotchman</a></li> <li>131: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_and_the_Ranger" title="Robin Hood and the Ranger">Robin Hood and the Ranger</a></li> <li>132: <a href="/wiki/The_Bold_Pedlar_and_Robin_Hood" title="The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood">The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood</a></li> <li>136: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood%27s_Delight" title="Robin Hood's Delight">Robin Hood's Delight</a></li> <li>138: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_and_Allan-a-Dale" title="Robin Hood and Allan-a-Dale">Robin Hood and Allan-a-Dale</a></li> <li>139: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood%27s_Progress_to_Nottingham" title="Robin Hood's Progress to Nottingham">Robin Hood's Progress to Nottingham</a></li> <li>140: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_Rescuing_Three_Squires" title="Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires">Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires</a></li> <li>141: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_Rescuing_Will_Stutly" title="Robin Hood Rescuing Will Stutly">Robin Hood Rescuing Will Stutly</a></li> <li>142: <a href="/wiki/Little_John_a_Begging" title="Little John a Begging">Little John a Begging</a></li> <li>143: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_and_the_Bishop" title="Robin Hood and the Bishop">Robin Hood and the Bishop</a></li> <li>144: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_and_the_Bishop_of_Hereford" title="Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford">Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford</a></li> <li>145: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_and_Queen_Katherine" title="Robin Hood and Queen Katherine">Robin Hood and Queen Katherine</a></li> <li>146: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood%27s_Chase" title="Robin Hood's Chase">Robin Hood's Chase</a></li> <li>147: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood%27s_Golden_Prize" title="Robin Hood's Golden Prize">Robin Hood's Golden Prize</a></li> <li>148: <a href="/wiki/The_Noble_Fisherman" title="The Noble Fisherman">The Noble Fisherman</a></li> <li>151: <a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_Disguise,_and_Friendship_with_Robin_Hood" title="The King's Disguise, and Friendship with Robin Hood">The King's Disguise, and Friendship with Robin Hood</a></li> <li>152: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_and_the_Golden_Arrow" title="Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow">Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow</a></li> <li>153: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_and_the_Valiant_Knight" title="Robin Hood and the Valiant Knight">Robin Hood and the Valiant Knight</a></li> <li>154: <a href="/wiki/A_True_Tale_of_Robin_Hood" title="A True Tale of Robin Hood">A True Tale of Robin Hood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stage / theatre</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Downfall_and_The_Death_of_Robert_Earl_of_Huntington" title="The Downfall and The Death of Robert Earl of Huntington">The Downfall and The Death of Robert Earl of Huntington</a></i> (1598 and 1601 plays)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Merrie_Men_of_Sherwood_Forest" title="The Merrie Men of Sherwood Forest">The Merrie Men of Sherwood Forest</a></i> (1871 operetta)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_(De_Koven_opera)" title="Robin Hood (De Koven opera)">Robin Hood</a></i> (1890 De Koven opera)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Foresters" title="The Foresters">The Foresters</a></i> (1892 play)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Twang!!" title="Twang!!">Twang!!</a></i> (1965 musical parody)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_(Tippett_opera)" title="Robin Hood (Tippett opera)">Robin Hood</a></i> (1934 Tippett opera)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_(ballet)" title="Robin Hood (ballet)">Robin Hood</a></i> (1998 ballet)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_des_Bois" title="Robin des Bois">Robin des Bois</a></i> (2013 musical)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Video games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_of_Sherwood:_The_Touchstones_of_Rhiannon" title="Robin of Sherwood: The Touchstones of Rhiannon">Robin of Sherwood: The Touchstones of Rhiannon</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_of_the_Wood" title="Robin of the Wood">Robin of the Wood</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Super_Robin_Hood" title="Super Robin Hood">Super Robin Hood</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Robin_Hood_(video_game)" title="The Adventures of Robin Hood (video game)">The Adventures of Robin Hood</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Conquests_of_the_Longbow:_The_Legend_of_Robin_Hood" title="Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood">Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood:_The_Legend_of_Sherwood" title="Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood">Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood:_Defender_of_the_Crown" title="Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown">Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Volume_(video_game)" title="Volume (video game)">Volume</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hood:_Outlaws_%26_Legends" title="Hood: Outlaws & Legends">Hood: Outlaws & Legends</a></i> (2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Literature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ivanhoe" title="Ivanhoe">Ivanhoe</a></i> (1819)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Maid_Marian_(novella)" title="Maid Marian (novella)">Maid Marian</a></i> (1822)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Merry_Adventures_of_Robin_Hood" title="The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood">The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood</a></i> (1883)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bows_against_the_Barons" title="Bows against the Barons">Bows against the Barons</a></i> (1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Once_and_Future_King" title="The Once and Future King">The Once and Future King</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Outlaws_of_Sherwood" title="The Outlaws of Sherwood">The Outlaws of Sherwood</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Through_a_Dark_Mist" title="Through a Dark Mist">Through a Dark Mist</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lady_of_the_Forest" title="Lady of the Forest">Lady of the Forest</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">In the Shadow of Midnight</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Arrow" title="The Last Arrow">The Last Arrow</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lady_of_Sherwood" title="Lady of Sherwood">Lady of Sherwood</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/King_Raven_Trilogy" title="King Raven Trilogy">King Raven Trilogy</a></i> (2006)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Legend_(Robin_of_Sherwood_soundtrack)" title="Legend (Robin of Sherwood soundtrack)">Legend</a></i> (1984 soundtrack)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robin Hood (album)">Robin Hood</a></i> (2006 soundtrack)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_(Disney_song)" title="Love (Disney song)">Love</a>" (song)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Not_in_Nottingham" title="Not in Nottingham">Not in Nottingham</a>" (song)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/(Everything_I_Do)_I_Do_It_for_You" title="(Everything I Do) I Do It for You">(Everything I Do) I Do It for You</a>" (song)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tale_of_Gamelyn" title="The Tale of Gamelyn">The Tale of Gamelyn</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Alan Dale</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Outlaw_(novel)" title="Outlaw (novel)">Outlaw</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Holy_Warrior" title="Holy Warrior">Holy Warrior</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Man" title="King's Man">King's Man</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Angus_Donald#The_Outlaw_Chronicles" title="Angus Donald">The Outlaw Chronicles</a></i> (2012-2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Miss_Robin_Hood" title="Miss Robin Hood">Miss Robin Hood</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Son_of_the_Guardsman" title="Son of the Guardsman">Son of the Guardsman</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Son_of_Robin_Hood" title="The Son of Robin Hood">The Son of Robin Hood</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bandit_of_Sherwood_Forest" title="The Bandit of Sherwood Forest">The Bandit of Sherwood Forest</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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