The Early Plays of Robin Hood

by David Wiles

David Wiles argues that the prolific Robin Hood plays of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries were the Spring equivalent of the Christmas mumming tradition.

Robin Hood was the subject of many fifteenth and sixteenth century folk-plays, of which only traces remain. As a result, the ballads, many of which have survived, have usually been regarded as the main-spring of traditions about the famous outlaw. David Wiles however, argues that the dramatic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859910822
• ISBN13: 9780859910828
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 103 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"