Trease, Geoffrey

When he unthinkingly kills one of the King's deer, a peasant boy flees home and goes into Sherwood Forest where he joins Robin Hood and his band.

When he unthinkingly kills one of the King's deer, a peasant boy flees home and goes into Sherwood Forest where he joins Robin Hood and his band.

The seven great figures whose stories are told in these pages represent among them the many arts of the theater and remind us that the stage door stands open to both sexes and all nationalities. Their lives link up to give an outline of theatrical history at its greatest and most colorful periods.