Scenes with Robin Hood 188
[After being captured by Robin Hood]
RobinOi! The money you have could feed the poor of Nottingham!
Just let them take what they need, Lukey.
[Will appears and recognises them]
[He runs over to Dan and Luke and hugs them]
[They continue to hug. There is laughter and sobbing]
[Allan smiles, Much hugs Dan and Allan hugs Luke]
Will, you know these people?
[laughing] I'd like you to meet my father Dan Scarlett and my little brother Lukey.
[He playfully grabs Will and Will puts his head up against Luke's head]
My big little brother Lukey!
[Robin smiles]
Robin
Right, time to spread a bit of...
Robin
Happiness. That's right. Time to spread a bit of happiness.
[After the Sheriff's declaration of quarantining Pitt Street due to the supposed pestilence]
SHERIFF, THIS IS NOT RIGHT!
Robin
Dan! Dan!
[He is pulled back by Much]
I've just had a look at a young lass and it's not a pestilence.
I've seen a pestilence before in Scarborough. These people must have food and water...and medicine!
I've shut up for you once before, Sheriff. It lost me my wife, my hand and the respect of my son. So, I'm not shutting up anymore! Now, why are you saying this is the pestilence?
[A guard stabs Dan. Will is being held back by Little John]
[Marian turns to see the commotion and sees Luke running over up to Much and Robin, intending to go to Dan but is held back by Much]
[Will is shocked as he watches his father fall to the ground and then looks in shock at the Sheriff]
[to the guard] Well done! Hysteria! Panic! In times of crisis, not very helpful. IT WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!!!
[Will, livid with rage tries to get to the Sheriff, but Little John still holds on to him. As Will tries to claw away, Robin runs over to Will]
Robin
Will! Will! You can't go up there!
[Much arrives and grabs onto Will]
You heard the Sheriff. Set up those barricades!
There's too many of them Will!
Robin
It's suicide!
[Will looks at her and calms down. Djaq shakes her head. Luke, grief stricken watches his father being dragged away. Will sees Luke and races to him and hugs him]
Robin
I'm helping the sick.
[Robin looks confused]
I mean, um, you could die.
Robin
Well that's a risk I take every day.
[Robin walks past Joseph]
No, you're right. [Robin turns around] Forgive me. Uh, look, let me help.
Robin
What's your name?
Joseph. I'm here by mistake.
Robin
Yeah, you're from Leicester, I heard.
Did you see the way those men treated me? Godless.
Robin
Well, welcome to Nottingham.
[After a man has died, Robin arrives at a house where Joseph is writing about the different poisons. Upon seeing him, Joseph closes the ledger. Robin paces up and down]
Robin
"A shame"? [He picks up a pot and throws it at the wall] It's an outrage. That's another life wasted.
Robin
[laughs] Joseph. Joseph! This is Nottingham. There is no other kind of play!
[whispering] Robin. Robin!
Robin
Marian, what are you doing here?
Someone's impersonating me.
Robin
I know. I think they're giving out poisoned pies.
Robin
It's the Sheriff's doing, but, but why?
I've no idea. Unless he wants to damage the Nightwatchman's reputation.
Robin
But then he'd blame the Nightwatchman...and he hasn't.
[Marian passes her bag to Robin. She steps down and Robin picks her up and holds her]
I need to go and see if Jess is alright.
[Robin puts Marian down and she walks away]
Robin
We had hospitals in the Holy Land.
[Pause]
Robin
I thought that would be the last time I'd see one.
How did you know there wasn't some infectious disease.
Robin
I didn't.
Robin
How did you know?
[Robin enters the Sheriff's quarters to find the Sheriff, poisoned, hunched over his table, holding a chalice, moaning in agony and Joseph also poisoned, huddled on the floor, writhing and moaning in agony]
Robin
Will.
Robin...help.... [moans in pain] Poison...
[Robin walks over to the Sheriff]
Robin
Well...according to your friend here there is no cure. So...you're gonna die.
No! No! I cannot die. No, I'm too young. I haven't finished yet! [falls off his chair]
Robin
Dan Scarlett hadn't finished either, when you killed him this morning.
Him? Dead dad? The father? I'M GOING TO DIE BECAUSE OF A COMPLETE NON-ENTITY...?! [moans in agony]
And life is usually so much fairer.
Robin
WILL!
[Will turns to them]
Robin
I know what you've done.
I've done the right thing, that's what I've done.
[Holds up the poison]
Robin
Djaq has the remedy.
Yeah, I know. She told me.
Where is she, Will? What have you done with her?
I've stood up to the Sheriff. It's what we all should have done a long time ago.
Robin
Even if all of Nottingham dies?
[Robin pushes Will up against the wall, takes the poison and drinks it]
Robin
You want to watch people die? Then you can start with me.
Robin, I can't let the Sheriff live!
Robin
YES YOU CAN!
[Emotionally] My dad...he did it for me. He stood up to the Sheriff to prove himself to me!
Robin
Then prove yourself to him. Show that we are stronger men than the Sheriff.
[Robin moans in pain]
[Much grabs Robin and helps him to to the floor]
[Emotionally] Robin, why did you have to do this?!
Robin
To prove my point. Will Scarlett still believes in the right thing.
[Will races off]
[Much and Little John help Robin up]
Robin
Go! Go! To the Sheriff's Quarters. Go! I'll see you there.
[Allan, Much and Little John run to the Sheriff's Quarters. Robin is bent over, breathing and then gets up and tidies his hood, picks up the poison and exhales]
[The gang burst into the Sheriff's Quarters]
[Djaq throws the remedy to Robin]
Robin
Will...this is your call.
[Will walks over to Robin]
Robin
Prove to me Will Scarlett still believes in doing the right thing.
You didn't drink the poison, did you?
Robin
No. But I think my point still stands so... [He gestures to the Sheriff]
[He kneels next to the Sheriff and applies the remedy onto his lips]
This is to the memory of my good father... [quieter] Dan Scarlett, [normal, quiet voice] and the people of Nottingham.
[The Sheriff doesn't awaken. Robin looks at Little John, Will looks at Robin then at Much]
[Robin shakes the Sheriff]
This is just getting weird now. I want him to live. I don't want him to live.
[Robin continues shaking the Sheriff]
Robin
COME ON!
[The Sheriff awakens]
Robin
Finish the speech!
Oh, I don't think so, now I've had the remedy, hm?! GUARDS!!! GUAAAAAAARDS!!!
[Will is building a monument to remind him and Luke of Dan]
Robin
It's good to have you back, Lukey!
Are you both ready for this?
Look, what's he doing up there?
I thought you said Will was going to build something to remind you of your father.
He is. Wait for the light.
[Will races over to Luke, as they look at the sunlight]
Any second. [Pause. The gang except Will and Luke look at what Will has built] Now.
[The sunlight shafts through the holes that Will made in stone and gets projected onto the rock. The gang follow the light to the rock and see Dan's face projected onto the rock via sunlight and Will's monument. Robin smiles.]
[Will has his arms around Luke]
Robin
He was a good man.
[He nods]
What? You think he's getting information?! From one of us? No... Master surely it's a mistake! A traitor?! Who? That's why you sent us back to camp! Because you suspect... you suspect me?!
Robin
Much, I have to suspect everybody!
That's me, you suspect me?!
Robin
Much, go back to the camp!
What do I have to do to prove my loyalty to you? What? Tell me! What? I'll chop off my own arms! Well...one arm because once I chop that off then...I wouldn't be able to...chop off...the other.
A bee failed to kill him, and a quack failed to kill him! I'll be damned if a boy I delivered into this world sneaks in and finishes off one of my patients!
Robin
Matilda, I can't let him live to speak his treason.
[Sighs] So it's not his life your afraid, then? It's his tongue.
Robin
So...should we just cut out his tongue?
[Smacks Robin on the head.] Men! Always thinking in a straight line!
We need to know who the traitor is.
[Robin looks at Much]
Sorry. It's not the sort of secret I can keep.
Robin
Let's just deal with Rosa first.
Robin, there'll be people like Rosa who need our help every day but if we're not a gang, if you... [He points his finger at Robin] suspect us...
Robin
Alright. It's true. One of you is betraying us. You're meeting Gisborne and you're selling our secrets.
[Pause]
Robin
Stop this now! If the guilty man or woman confesses right here, I'll listen. Tell me what Gisborne said. What he offered. Step forward now. You have one chance.
[Three second pause. Allan opens his mouth to speak but hesitates. Much quickly responds]
I will not be treated with equal suspicion!
[Much walks off. Robin shakes his head]
Robin
Well, whoever you are. You've made your choice.
[He walks past the gang and looks at Little John]
Robin
And I will find you out.
What are you going to do with him?
Robin
I'll banish him.
Should kill him. Traitor to the King. Doesn't deserve to live.
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