Show A SHOUT SHORT SKI SKETCH ITCH OV OPERA hollin IN tile the scene Is laid in nottingham england iu in the twelfth century while king richard la Is away on tho the crusades at the beginning of tho opera a fair la Is in ili progress at tile the market place in nottingham tho the throe three out laws little john will scarlet and friar tuck enter and sing of oe their treo free lite in sherwood forest soon tho dashing robin hood flood appears declaring he be la is the earl or ton tell and demands that tho ilia sheriff behall so proclaim litin him tho the sheriff a greedy grafter grat tor protests that tho the youth has been disinherited lie by ills his own father who lie ha claims was secretly marrold to a peasant girl before robins birth tho girl lied when her child wms hii ml infant tills this child tho the sheriff claims Is sir guy of the rightful heir to the earldom lie ho la Is also the sheriffs ward dy the tha kings command lady marion a i ward of the crown Is to mar ry tho earl of in ili tho the kings absence the ilia sheriff plots to marry lady marlon marion to 0 o sir guy and ana himself hy by a considerable sum bum of money molley lady marion and dobli aro are already deeply in fit love to tho the indignation of guy and the sheriff she protesto the marriage hoping i that the tha way return and provo prove robin the rightful jsnr to the earldom tho the outlaws sympathy yath robin and invite him to come to ober wood forest as 11 king ing of the olit outlaw laW robin consents and goes tho the sheriff disguises and men imen as aa tinkers and go to the forest after robin load ile ho la Is captured by the lite outlaws but Is rescued by sir guy who arrives with tho the kings icings arc archers horg who in turn capture robin hood flood lie he la Is taken to the prison nt at town the outlaws plan to rescue hoban hood flood and also lady marion who Is j to mary sir oily uy disguised its aa monks they enter tho prison cli aligo garbs and take robin to the tha church where marion appears with the sheriff and SO clr guy any A mesa age from title the king hing sayes marion a and d pardons boblo i |