Arthur & Robin

Matter of the Greenwood Document

Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham (play fragment)

Summary

The earliest surviving Robin Hood dramatic text, a fragment of about twenty-one lines covering an archery contest, a fight and a beheading. Evidence that the games had scripts.

Date

c. 1475

Worldviews

Robin of the May Games

Provenance

Source method

Web research

Review status

DRAFT

Confidence

HIGH