Escape · October 26, 1952 · 28 min · 3,620 words
The transcript of “154- Robert of Huntingdon”, an episode of Escape first broadcast October 26, 1952. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Escape plays Escape free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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Tired of the everyday grind? Ever dream of a life of romantic adventure? Want to get away from it all? We offer you... Escape! Escape! Designed to free you from the four walls of today for a half hour of high adventure!
adventure. You are hiding in the middle of a great forest, quiet as a shadow, while closing in on you, hunting you down like an animal is a silent archer who will kill you with an arrow through the heart.
Listen now as escape brings you Antony Ellis's adaptation of the classic story, Robert of Huntington. Let it be known by all present that a sum of one hundred pounds is placed upon the head of the outlaw, Robert of Huntington.
And that an additional fifty pounds is to be the reward for whosoever shall name, kill or capture the following. The fellans little John, Will scarlet, Will Stuttly, Nick Mutch, the friar known as tuck, Gamble Gold, Eleanor Dale, Arthur Apland, David Doncaster, Gilbert of the White Hand.
That proclamation was by order of his worship the Sheriff of Nottingham, in whose house a meeting was taking place. Robin Hood! Robin Hood! I'm sick of the sound of that name. Something's got to be done.
It's gone too far. They shoot the King's Deer in the King's forest. Why, they call it their forest. Nobody's safe anymore. Mega, Tinker, Bishop, nobody. It's got to start. Yes, yes, yes. Now, I want some Martin of Matlock to say a few words.
He's offered his services in the name of the king and myself, Mr. Martin. Gentlemen, it seems quite obvious that your attempts to put a stop to this Robin Hood have been anything but successful. I've heard it said that more than once the sheriff himself has been tied backwards on an ass and sent
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