''Robin des Bois'' (full title ''Robin des Bois: Ne renoncez jamais'') is a French musical with mise en scène by Michel Laprise and text and music by Patrice Guirao and Lionel Florence. It premiered on 26 September 2013 at

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and played until 5 January 2014 with French singer

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in the role of

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Synopsis

In this amended version of Robin Hood, Robin and Marianne (in English

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 ...

) have decided to end their relationship. Fifteen years later, they both are leaders of their own groups, in two separated parts of the country. Marianne lives with Adrien, the boy she had with Robin, but Robin doesn't know about him. After another attack from the sheriff's army, Marianne requests Robin's help to save her group and their houses. Adrien, though, now 15, falls in love with the daughter of Shérif de Nottingham (in English

Sheriff of Nottingham The Sheriff of Nottingham is the main antagonist in the legend of Robin Hood. He is generally depicted as an unjust tyrant who mistreats the local people of Nottinghamshire, subjecting them to unaffordable taxes. Robin Hood fights against him, ...

, the avowed enemy of Robin). When the sheriff realises that Adrien is Robin's son, he decides to imprison the young boy, despite the feelings his daughter has toward him. Robin launches a rescue operation with the help of his followers and notably Petit Jean (

Little John Little John is a companion of Robin Hood who serves as his chief lieutenant and second-in-command of the Merry Men. He is one of only a handful of consistently named characters who relate to Robin Hood and one of the two oldest Merry Men, al ...

) and Frère Tuck (

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) played by Nyco Lilliu.

Personnel

;Presentation *Gilbert Coullier *Roberto Ciurleo *RDB-P ;Mise en scène *Michel Laprise ;Production *Gilbert Coullier Productions ;Composition *

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*Fred Château *Mathieu Mendès * Corneille * Shaka Ponk *

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* Stanislas * John Mamann ;Costumes *Stéphane Rolland ;Cast (Roles as in French production) *

as Robin des Bois (

) * Stéphanie Bédard as Marianne * Nyco Lilliu as Frère Tuck (

) * Caroline Costa as Bédélia * Marc Antoine as Petit Jean (

) * Dumè as Vaisey, le shérif de Nottingham (

) * Sacha Tran as Adrien

Soundtrack

''Robin des Bois'' soundtrack (longer title ''Robin des Bois - Ne Renoncez Jamais'') for the musical Robin des Bois was released on Capitol Records /

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on 22 March 2013 and entered the SNEP official French Albums Chart in its first week of release. The album is being released in two versions. The standard edition and the digipack limited edition.

Track list

– " Le jour qui se rêve" (3:45) # Dumè & M. Pokora – "Devenir quelqu'un" (3:40) # Stéphanie Bédard &

– "Tes blessures" (4:43) # Nyco Lilliu, Marc Antoine &

– "À nous" (3:59) # Caroline Costa – "J'ai dit oui" (3:59) # Nyco Lilliu – "

Un monde à changer "Un monde à changer" is a French language single by French singer and actor Nyco Lilliu, his debut charting single. The song written and composed by Lionel Florence, Patrice Guirao and Matthieu Mendès is taken from the forthcoming French musica ...

" (3:25) #

– "Si l'amour existe" (3:50) # Stéphanie Bédard – "La flèche ou la cible" (3:45) # Sacha Tran – "Quinze ans à peine" (3:50) # Marc Antoine – "Lui sait qui je suis" (3:58) # Caroline Costa & Sacha Tran – "Laissez-nous vivre" (3:33) # Dumè – "Notting Hill Nottingham" (3:11) # Caroline Costa & Sacha Tran – "Terre" (4:03)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

*In September 2012, an initial single was launched titled "

" by Nyco Lilliu accompanied by a music video. *In February 2013, a second single from the show was released titled "Le jour qui se rêve".

References

External links

Official site
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