Figure of Friar Tuck, Scott Monument, Edinburgh

Friar Tuck is one of the legendary

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, the band of

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ic outlaws in the

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Robin Hood Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend, he is depic ...

History

The figure of the jovial

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was common in the May Games festivals of England and

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during the 15th through 17th centuries. He appears as a character in the fragment of a

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 "Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar" is Child Ballad number 123, about Robin Hood. Synopsis This ballad is one of those appearing in later and later versions, the earlier one appearing in damaged form in the Percy manuscript but, as with Robin Hood a ...

" (the oldest surviving copy of this ballad is from the 17th century). The character entered the tradition through these folk plays, and he was originally partnered with

Maid Marian Maid Marian is the heroine of the Robin Hood legend in English folklore, often taken to be his lover. She is not mentioned in the early, medieval versions of the legend, but was the subject of at least two plays by 1600. Her history and circums ...

: "She is a trul of trust, to serue a frier at his lust/a prycker a prauncer a terer of shetes/a wagger of ballockes when other men slepes." His appearance in "Robin Hood and the Sheriff" means that he was already part of the legend around the time when the earliest surviving copies of the Robin Hood ballads were being made. A friar with Robin's band in the historical period of

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would have been unlikely as the period predates formal mendicant religious orders in England. Christian religious hermits in England do date as far back as

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in the late 7th century. In addition, multiple historical references to eremitic hermits unallied with formal orders have been noted, among them

Eustace the Monk Eustace the Monk ( fro, Eustache le Moine; c. 1170 – 24 August 1217), born Eustace Busket,Knight 1997,. was a mercenary and pirate, in the tradition of medieval outlaws. The birthplace of Eustace was not far from Boulogne. A 1243 document m ...

(a medieval outlaw) and Robert of Knaresborough who was contemporaries with Richard I. However, the association of Robin Hood with Richard I was not made until the 16th century; the early ballad "

A Gest of Robin Hood ''A Gest of Robyn Hode'' (also known as ''A Lyttell Geste of Robyn Hode'', and hereafter referred to as ''Gest'') is one of the earliest surviving texts of the Robin Hood tales. ''Gest'' (which meant tale or adventure) is a compilation of vari ...

" names his king as "Edward". What follows is a

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which includes different versions of the

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. He was a former

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(or in some cases, St Mary's Abbey in

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, which is also the scene of some other Robin Hood tales) who was expelled by his order because of his lack of respect for

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. Because of this, and in spite of his taste for good food and wine, he became the chaplain of Robin's band. In

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's ''

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood ''The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire'' is an 1883 novel by the American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle. Pyle compiled the traditional Robin Hood ballads as a series of episodes of a coherent narrative. For ...

'', he was specifically sought out as part of the tale of

Alan-a-Dale Alan-a-Dale (first recorded as Allen a Dale; variously spelled ''Allen-a-Dale'', ''Allan-a-Dale'', ''Allin-a-Dale'', ''Allan A'Dayle'' etc.) is a figure in the Robin Hood legend. According to the stories, he was a wandering minstrel who became a ...

: Robin has need of a priest who will marry Allan to his sweetheart in defiance of the Bishop of Hereford. In many tales, from "Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar" to ''

'', his first encounter with Robin results in a battle of wits in which first one and then the other gains the upper hand and forces the other to carry him across a river. This ends in the Friar tossing Robin into the river. In some tales, he is depicted as a physically fit man and a skilled

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and

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with a hot-headed

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. However, most commonly, Tuck is depicted as a

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and

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monk with a great love of food and ale, though the two are not mutually exclusive. Sometimes, the latter depiction of Tuck is the

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of the tale. Two royal writs in 1417 refer to Robert Stafford, a

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chaplain who had assumed the alias of Frere Tuk. This "Friar Tuck" was still at large in 1429. These are the earliest surviving references to a character by that name.

Portrayals in other media

In the 1891 romantic opera '' Ivanhoe'' by

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and

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, Friar Tuck was played by

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. In the film ''

'' (1922) he was portrayed by

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. In the film, ''

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'' (1938) the character Friar Tuck was played by actor

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as a fat individual fond of food but also skilled with a sword. He was also quick to quarrel with anyone who slighted him, deprived him of his food, or made fun of his girth. In the film ''

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest ''The Bandit of Sherwood Forest'' is a 1946 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Henry Levin & George Sherman and starring Cornel Wilde, Anita Louise, Jill Esmond and Edgar Buchanan. Plot Robin Hood's son (Cornel Wilde) returns to s ...

'' (1946) he was portrayed by

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. In the film ''

The Prince of Thieves ''The Prince of Thieves'' is a 1948 American adventure film nominally inspired by Alexandre Dumas' 1872 novel ''Le Prince des voleurs''. Produced by Sam Katzman for Columbia Pictures and starring Jon Hall as Robin Hood with stuntwork by Jock ...

'' (1948) he was portrayed by

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. In the film ''

Rogues of Sherwood Forest ''Rogues of Sherwood Forest'' is a 1950 Technicolor adventure film from Columbia Pictures, directed by Gordon Douglas, and starring John Derek as Robin, the Earl of Huntingdon, the son of Robin Hood, Diana Lynn as Lady Marianne, and Alan Hale, S ...

'' (1950) he was portrayed by

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. In the late 1950s British television series ''

,'' he was played by

Alexander Gauge Alexander Gauge (29 July 1914 – 29 August 1960) was a British actor best known for playing Friar Tuck in ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' from 1955 to 1959. Born in a Methodist Mission station in Wenzhou in China,Merrie Melodies'' animated short ''

Robin Hood Daffy ''Robin Hood Daffy'' is a 1958 Warner Bros. '' Merrie Melodies'' cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. The short was released on March 8, 1958, and stars Daffy Duck as Robin Hood and Porky Pig as Friar Tuck. It was t ...

'' featured Porky Pig as a "fat friar", who sought Robin Hood, but refused to believe

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was the legendary outlaw. At the end of the cartoon, Daffy becomes "Friar Duck". In the 1966 television series ''

Rocket Robin Hood ''Rocket Robin Hood'' is a Canadian animated television series, placing the characters and conflicts of the classic Robin Hood legend in a futuristic, outer space setting. It was produced by Krantz Films, Inc. and aired on CBC Television from 1966 ...

'', Friar Tuck is again depicted as a traditional fat friar with a tonsure, despite the story taking place in the year 3000. Friar Tuck is memorable for a vignette that played during each episode depicting him in front of a large feast, taking a single bite of each piece of food on the table before throwing it over his shoulder. The veteran character actor James Hayter played Friar Tuck twice: in ''

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men ''The Story of Robin Hood'' is a 1952 action-adventure film produced by RKO- Walt Disney British Productions, based on the Robin Hood legend, made in Technicolor and filmed in Buckinghamshire, England. It was written by Lawrence Edward Watkin and ...

'' (1952) and ''

A Challenge for Robin Hood ''A Challenge for Robin Hood'' is a 1967 British adventure film directed by C. M. Pennington-Richards and starring Barrie Ingham, Peter Blythe and John Arnatt. Plot When the father of the De Courtenay family dies, the brothers argue about th ...

'' (1967). In the 1973

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animated ''

'', Friar Tuck is a

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, voiced by

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. He is taken to be executed at the end of the film in a plot of Prince John's to lure Robin Hood out of hiding but is rescued in time. In the 1975 TV series ''

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'', Friar Tuck was played by

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. In the British ''

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'' TV series of the 1980s, Friar Tuck was played by Phil Rose. In this version, the character reluctantly served the Sheriff of Nottingham's brother, an evil

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, and also served as Maid Marian's confessor. He helped Marian escape and joined the band alongside her. In the anime series

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, Friar Tuck (voiced by Kenichi Ogata) is an old monk who lives on the edge of Sherwood Forest and helps Robin and his friend if needed while offering sage advice. In the animated series

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, Friar Tuck is made to be a young man around Robin's age and re-titled to Brother Tuck (Voiced by

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). A very young monk, sometimes questioning his choice of being an outlaw. He is very pious and speaks Latin every now and then. In '' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'', Tuck was played by

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, drawing heavily on the overweight, ale-loving interpretation. The

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film '' Robin Hood: Men in Tights'' parodies the character as "

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Tuckman," a self-described "purveyor of sacramental wine and

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extraordinaire." Brooks, who also plays the character, made Tuckman Jewish (as Brooks himself is Jewish), reprising a gag from '' Blazing Saddles'' where Brooks made a cameo as a Jewish Native American. In the video game '' Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood'', Tuck was once again portrayed as Marian's confessor. He joins the band at her request. His enjoyment of alcohol is in the game as one of his abilities involves leaving beer flasks to intoxicate the guards. In the 1991 film adaptation ''

'', Friar Tuck (played by

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) is portrayed as an itinerant seller of phony relics, who is first mugged and then adopted by the Merry Men. He also confesses to being on the run for killing the nephew of an abbot. In the 1997 film '' The Lost World'', the second movie in the

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, big game hunter Roland Tembo refers to a Pachycephalosaurus as Friar Tuck. He could not read its proper name in his dinosaur identification booklet while traveling over the rough ground towards the beginning of the film. In 1999, he featured in the video game '' Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings'' as a monk. In the 2004

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film ''

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'' the Fairy Godmother and Prince Charming take King Harold to a fast food restaurant called "Friar's Fat Boy". This is a parody of the American restaurant chain

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and features a statue of Friar Tuck outside of the restaurant similar to the Big Boy statue from its real-life inspiration. The fictional restaurant returns again in the 2005

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published videogame '' Shrek Super Slam'' as a fighting location. The game features theme music for the restaurant, which plays in the background of the fight. Friar Tuck is called Brother and later Father Tuck in

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's ''Outlaw Chronicles'' series – so named as "there were no friars in England at that time"; consisting of ''

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'' (2009), '' Holy Warrior'' (2010), and ''

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'' (2011). The first appearance of Tuck (in this case, not an anachronistic Friar) in the BBC show ''

'' came in 2009 during its third series. After Robin was hurled over a

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, Tuck finds Robin further downstream. Tuck distracts Guy from the cave he is treating Robin in after Guy is told to look for Robin's body, thus saving Robin's life. He is played by

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and portrayed as African.

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plays Friar Tuck in

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's ''

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, which he uses to make

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and as a weapon against the French.

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impersonates Friar Tuck in the episode "

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'' and its spin-off '' Once Upon a Time in Wonderland''. He was portrayed by

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in the ''

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episode, " Robot of Sherwood". In the ''

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'' show, ''

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'',

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portrays a version of him named Friar Cluck. He was portrayed by Tim Minchin in the 2018 film ''

''.

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References

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Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar, a 17th-century ballad with additional information

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