Robin Hood What English Dialect Did He Speak With?
Robin Hood lived a long time ago in England but how did Robin Hood talk? what did Robin Hood sound l
Have you ever wondered what sort of English accent historical characters like Robin Hood really spoke with? One of the most challenging aspects of an actors job must be getting a dialect or accent right. Even the slightest departure from the local 'twang' and it will be spotted. The classic example of this has to be Dick Van Dyck's rendition (or massacre) of a Cockney accent in Mary Poppins. On the other hand, get it right like Hugh Laurie as Dr Gregory in House and you win over a nation. N...

Tales of Robin Hood
Robin Hood and his Merry Men
My first introduction to Robin Hood involved a wily fox, a wolf and a cowardly lion. A strange crew for an English folkhero, but Disney's Robin Hood paved the way to a life long friendship. I spent years reading every collection of tales I could find about the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest, and passed many a fine hour with movies about robin hood. I'd like to share with you now the stories that I enjoyed, so please, sit back, and pass a few minutes with me, and the Tales of the Greenwood

The Huntington Family's Robin Hood Connection
No one knows who Robin Hood really was, but...... there are rumors that it may have been Robert the Earl of Huntington. We may never know for sure if Margaret Huntington (the matriarch of the Huntington family tree in America) was a decendant of Robin Hood, but it makes a good story...