Origin[]
Will Scarlet has long been depicted in tales as getting married to a high spirited young woman, but just who that woman is has never been consistent.
In one surviving early telling of The bride's tale before Alan started to appear Will was made her usually unnamed fiance. In another, rather strange and much later ballad, Will married a princess after saving her life. Pierce Egan the Younger created the maid Maude Lindsay with whom Will fell in love and eventually married.
Appearances in Media[]
Ballads:[]
- c. Robin Hood and the Bride
- c. Robin Hood and the Prince of Aragon
Plays:[]
- 1598 The Downfall of Robert, Earl of Huntington by Anthony Munday
Literature:[]
- 1838 Robin Hood and Little John; or, the Merrie Men of Sherwood Forest by Pierce Egan the Younger
- 1873 Robin Hood by Alexandre Dumas
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Character Filmography[]
Film:[]
- 1948 The Prince of Thieves (as Maude Lindsay) played by Robin Raymond
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Gallery[]
A Meeting of Maude and Will Scarlet. Illustration by W. H. Thwaites engraved by John Wall from Robin Hood and Little John, Or, The Merry Men of Sherwood Forest, (1850).