Friar Tuck gallery
Top: from Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. Above: Kenneth Gilbert as Friar Tuck in Wolfshead.
Above: Eugene Pallette as Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood.
Middle and below: The great James Hayter as Friar Tuck in the Disney production The Story of Robin Hood .
The story of Robin Hood would not be quite the same without the greedy cantankerous Friar Tuck among Robin's ranks of Outlaws. And yet his fate is currently very much in the balance as the forthcoming new BBC version seems intent on dropping him from the story. "Political correctness gone wrong", scream the fans. But time will tell. For more information about Friar Tuck click here. To see how Friar Tuck met Robin Hood click here. Friar Tuck also appears in the main Robin Hood website http://robinhoodtree.blogspot.com/
To see two possible locations for where the real Friar Tuck lived click here and here.
Labels: Friar Tuck, Robin Hood
posted by robin hood at 8:50 PM
3 Comments:
Friar Tuck has always been one of the most popular and highly respected characters in the legend of Robin Hood. There was never anything politically incorrect about the affection and regard he was always afforded for his ability as a swordsman, spiritual adviser, and lawyer. In recent times concern has been expressed that he was regarded as a Billy Bunter type; a figure of fun. This is absurd and totally incorrect.
true robin hood was a real person i have his true history. ITS nothing like portrayed in the movies its way better; his real namne was robin fitzooth he was a very tall man over 6ft very lean but very strong he had eagle eyes; the true storey is to long to tell here; a big battle was fought in sherwood between robins outlaws and the sheriffs soldiers hundreds of the sheriffs soldiers were killed never again did the sheriff send his soldiers into sherwood to get robin; robin was posioned by a woman cousin of his and died he is buried in loxley; as little john is too;
thanks anonymous.
If you go to my main Robin Hood blog, on the sidebar you can see a loink to an arial photo where Robin Hood was killed. The woman you mention was a Prioress.
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