We recently looked at Piers Plowman, by William Langland, the first reference to Robin Hood in English literature in about 1377.The earliest surviving attempt to record the career of Robin Hood, exists on five and half pages within a volume of documents in the British Library dating from about 1600 known as The Sloane Manuscript...
Early next morning Robin emerged from the cave in which he slept to see Scathelok with a bandage across his face, bathing poor Will Stutely’s tortured back with rock salt.“This will hurt,” he said, “but it will heal.”Robin looked with admiration and began his morning wash under the waterfall.Suddenly a signal arrow came screaming...
Archie Duncan has the unique distinction in the world of Robin Hood, of playing a villain and a hero. He played Red Gill, the murderer of Robin’s father, in The Story of Robin Hood, and Little John in 105 episodes of TV’s The Adventures of Robin Hood between 1955-1960.Archibald Duncan was born in Glasgow on 26th May 1914 and...
