Friar Tuck
Title

Friar Tuck

Caption

London Cigarette Card Company card 1924 depicting: Friar Tuck is a common character in modern Robin Hood stories, which depict him as a jovial friar and one of Robin's Merry Men. The figure of Tuck was common in the May Games festivals of England and Scotland during the 15th through 17th centuries. He appears as a character in the fragment of a Robin Hood play from 1475, sometimes called Robin Hood and the Knight or Robin Hood and the Sheriff, and a play for the May games published in 1560 which tells a story similar to Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar.

Date

1924

Credit line

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Reference

ARP23A13_278

License type

Rights managed

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