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Robin of Loxley may refer to: Robin Hood, a heroic outlaw in English folklore; Joe Van Moyland (b. 1983), a British musician This page was last edited on 18 ...
Michael Praed (/ p r eɪ d / PRAYD; [1] born 1 April 1960), birth name Michael David Prince, is a British actor and narrator, best remembered for his role as Robin of Loxley in the British television series Robin of Sherwood, which attained cult status worldwide. [2]
Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature, theatre, and cinema. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. [1]
Robin and his companions head to Nottingham, where Loxley's elderly and blind father, Sir Walter, asks him to continue impersonating his son to prevent the Crown from seizing the Loxley family lands. Loxley's widow, Lady Marian, is initially cold toward Robin, but warms to him when he and his men recover grain for the townsfolk to plant.
The film is set in the year 1190AD. Robert of Loxley, a simple farmer, is working his land when a fellow Saxon runs through their property attempting to escape Sir Jeffrey and the Royal Game Warden. Robert denies seeing the alleged poacher, and the fight, which ensues, is destined to seal his fate.
In the 2006 film Robin Hood: Quest for the King, Maid Marian is voiced by Jo Wyatt. In the 2010 Ridley Scott film Robin Hood, Lady Marion Loxley, played by Cate Blanchett, is a feisty, capable noblewoman with whom archer Robin Longstride, a.k.a. Robin Hood (Russell Crowe) falls in love whilst impersonating her deceased husband, Sir Robert Loxley.
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Twelve years later Robin of Loxley and Much the Miller's Son are imprisoned in Nottingham Castle by Robert de Rainault, Sheriff of Nottingham's steward Sir Guy of Gisburne. They meet up with outcasts Will Scarlet , Tom and Dickon, and escapes to forms an outlaw band following the rescuing of Little John of Hathersage from Baron Simon de Belleme ...