![]() ![]() The Sheriff’s servant Speaker 1 Speaker 2 Speaker 3 Speaker 4 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A pupil stands up with a large card with these words: The Sheriffs castle in Nottingham. SCENE 1 Sherwood Forest. ![]() Listen. The Sheriff is in his castle in Nottingham. ![]() (Knocks and enters). Where’s the Sheriff? ![]() Here. What do you want? Who are those men? They’re Saxons. We caught them in the forest. They’ve killed one of the King’s deer. (angrily). What? Did I hear correctly? Killed one of the King’s deer? We had to kill the deer. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We had no food. How often must I tell your people? The forest and the animals in it belong to the King and only the King. Nobody is allowed to kill my animals. (To the guard.) Hang them. ![]() We were hungry. We had nothing to eat. Hang them! It’s not fair. We must pay money to the King and money to the Church. We must work for you — Normans. We have no money to buy food or clothes. How can we live. Take them away. (Shout as they leave.) You’ll be hung tomorrow! (Laughs.) ![]() ![]() |