The Adventures of Robin Hood Reviewed by Younger Son

The Adventures of Robin Hood

On January 26 I saw The Adventures of Robin Hood at Kindig Performing Arts Center located in South Suburban College. The play was performed by The Children’s Theatre Company.

Genre: A play for young Audiences
Setting: England in the year 1066

Robin Hood was a bandit who took money from the rich and then he gave it to the poor. Robin and his merry men lived in a forest. The play starts with Robin and Little John who are dueling in the forest. Robin Hood of course wins and all of the men started talking about the sheriff who is a mean man who not only took money from the poor, but also took the poor’s belongings. Robin got wind that the sheriff was going to the Blue Bell Inn. So Robin and his gang and went to the village in disguises. When the sheriff came he collected all of the belongings, but Robin and his friends had a plan, while the sheriff was busy with the other poor people Robin and his men took the stuff that was already taken to give back to the people.

The sheriff made a plan to capture Robin Hood and invited all people of the village to come to a festival which included an archery contest. The Sheriff captured Lady Marian to use her as bait to draw Robin to the festival. When Robin and his friends, (who were all in there disguises) got to the festival, Robin heard of the plan, but he still wanted to enter the archery contest.
His friends had stopped him from entering, but when Little John won the contest the Sheriff still did not believe that was Robin, so he said is there no other. Before his friends could stop him Robin sprang up and said he would try. He made a bull’s-eye and the Sheriff knew that he was Robin Hood and challenged him to a duel, Robin accepted. They fought for a long time, finally Robin Hood won. Then a message came and said that King Richard would return. They had all rejoiced.

**** I give this play 4 out of 5 stars. I liked this play because it had some archery and fighting in it. My favorite character was Robin Hood. I would like to play the role of Robin Hood. I think Kids under the age of 12 would like this play.