Scenes with Guy of Gisborne 57
Am I to drown in everybody else's incompetence, whilst Robin Hood steals everything that is rightfully MINE?! A CLUE: NO!!! DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, GISBORNE!!!
Guy of GisborneWell, my lord, now we know the stronghold works. It stopped Hood dead in his tracks.
NOT DEAD ENOUGH!!! Stealing money from me on the way here is one thing. Stealing it from under my very nose is another! The Black Knights are coming, expecting their share-out, Gisborne! AT THIS RATE, THERE'LL BE NOTHING LEFT TO SHARE!!! I want Hood caught, Gisborne! I want him DEAD!
The Count Friedrich of Bavaria is one of the richest aristocrats in Europe, by all accounts. Stupid too, so you and he should get on. He also has a weakness for gambling.
Gisborne
[realizing] Your alterations to the Great Hall.
Yes. We will extend the Count every courtesy, Gisborne. I've taken my bath six months early for a reason! And then... [smiles evilly] we shall take the inbred booby for every penny that he's got.
Gisborne
...The strongroom...!
...GUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARDS!!!!!!!!
Gisborne
Say goodbye.
[Robin is about to fire a flaming arrow at Gisborne, whose armour is covered in pitch]
[He fires the arrow]
[Marian is holding the blacksmith at knife point]
[The Sheriff sees she is holding the blacksmith at knife point]
Marian, what are you doing?
I am asking you to reconsider.
Quite the opposite. I am reminding you that Sir Guy is your most loyal servant.
[Robin pulls Gisborne from the water]
Gisborne
Aahh! My Lord, please!
[Robin submerges Gisborne again]
He's a noble and a good man. He must be worth more to you than a sack of rocks!
[The Sheriff takes the sack of rocks from the blacksmith]
I will have those sack of rocks!
Then I will kill this man.
[Marian points the dagger against the blacksmith]
Without him...[chuckles] are the rocks really any use?
BBlacksmith
Uh, no, no, they are not. I am the only man west of Jerusalem who can make them work their magic.
[Robin pulls Gisborne from the water]
Gisborne
Aah! MY LORD!
[Robin submerges Gisborne]
BBlacksmith
My Lord, I will get you more rocks.
[He throws the rocks over and Robin pulls Gisborne from the water]
[to Marian] You will be punished for this, Marian. Be in no doubt...you'll be punished.
Gisborne
You saved my life. I'm grateful.
I could not watch you die and do nothing.
Gisborne
You saved Robin, too.
[Marian nods]
Gisborne
Was it?
[After the Sheriff's declaration of quarantining Pitt Street due to the supposed pestilence]
SHERIFF, THIS IS NOT RIGHT!
[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]
Will! Will! You can't go up there!
[Much arrives and grabs onto Will]
Gisborne
You heard the Sheriff. Set up those barricades!
There's too many of them Will!
[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]
Gisborne
What have you got for me?
[Allan stays silent]
Gisborne
What's the matter? A conscience.
[Holds up Robin's letter]
Gisborne
Depends what this is.
This is a letter to King Richard from Robin, telling him all about you and the Sheriff and the Black Knights. Game would be up, ey, Gisborne.
Gisborne
Give me that.
I can't. I told Robin I'd give it to Roger of Stoke. He's coming to take it to the King.
Gisborne
So what's your proposal?
I'll give it to him, then I'm clean. You can arrest him after I've gone. Somewhere out of town. I don't know anything about it.
Gisborne
Good. You're learning... [Hands him a bag of money] Allan.
[Gisborne has burst into Marian's room]
Guy! At least do me the courtesy of knocking.
Gisborne
Get your possessions, you're leaving.
Gisborne
Now!
Gisborne
Winchester's made a deal with the Sheriff, you've become part of a negotiation.
[Gisborne walks up to the desk where Marian is sitting and slams his hand on the desk]
Gisborne
Winchester wants you.
[Pause]
Well tell him, he can't have me.
Gisborne
The Sheriff has agreed, [he walks away from her, makes sure the door is closed] I cannot protect you. [He walks back to Marian] Marian, listen to me, you have to run now!
[Marian stands up]
Gisborne
[Softly] I will take care of your father.
Gisborne
MARIAN, WHY DO YOU ALWAYS RESIST ME, I'M ATTEMPTING TO HELP YOU?!
I know. I can see that and I'm grateful, but...
[Gisborne puts a bag on the desk]
Gisborne
If the Sheriff knew I was doing this, my own life would be in danger!
[Pause]
Gisborne
I have nobody.
Gisborne
I choose power! He is my route to position...standing!
He is mad, you know that!
Gisborne
No! He is single minded. He does not allow...distractions to pervert him from his course.
[Marian scoffs]
Distractions?! Like a little humanity?!
Gisborne
Humanity is weakness!
[She takes his arm]
[Pause]
Gisborne
You must leave this place. This money [He hands her a bag of money] will secure your passage, and I instructed a man on the West Gate to let you out.
[He puts his hand on her cheek]
Gisborne
[Softly] Marian... [He kisses her on her other cheek] Good luck.
[He walks to the door]
Gisborne
[Softly] Go! [He opens the door] Now!
[He closes the door and begins to walk away, but the Sheriff is standing by the door]
[Marian is about to escape and has left her room. Gisborne comes up and holds her arm]
Gisborne
[Quietly] Marian... [Long Pause] I'm sorry.
[He nods to guards and they walk towards Marian]
Gisborne
The Sheriff's instructions.
[The guards grab Marian and Gisborne turns away]
[The guards put shackles on her]
Get off me! Get off me! Ugh, Guy!
[The "Guy!" echoes]
[After Winchester leaves with Marian]
Gisborne
[to the Sheriff; angrily] I'm surprised you gave in to his demands!
[through gritted teeth] I HAD TO GET HIS SIGNATURE!
[Gisborne glares at him, then miserably hangs his head]
[quietly, grinning evilly] But now... I have his signature.
Gisborne
[catching on] I'll send a squad of men.
No. No, we'll do this one quietly. [indicates Allan] Bring your boy.
[After Edward has saved Robin's life and has tussled with Birkley, who has a dagger after the latter was threatening Robin with a dagger, Robin is pointing his bow and arrow at Birkley]
[Shouting] Leave it, Birkley! You are a man of the cloth, you cannot kill!
BBirkley
And you, Hood, are a man of war who cannot kill!
[Pause]
[Robin fires an arrow straight at Birkley's heart, killing him instantly. He falls to the ground. Will arrives and looks at Birkley, then Robin in shock. Djaq looks in shock at Robin and Much looks in shock at Birkley]
[Edward turns around and has the dagger in his chest]
[Robin and Much rush over to Edward helping him to the ground and kneel next to him]
[Djaq kneels next to Edward]
Don't remove the knife. I'll prepare my instruments.
[Djaq runs off]
John! Get John and Beatrice to safety. Now!
[To John of York and Beatrice] Go! Now!
[He runs away with them]
[To Much. Softly] Go. Go.
[Much leaves]
[Pause]
You'll need this... [He reaches for the pact and hands it to Robin] [Quietly] pact.
You will not give up your life for mine.
[Pause]
You know, I've never quite understood my daughter's feelings for you.
Well, I probably don't deserve them.
No, I think you do. Robin, listen. For Marian to lose us both would kill her.
Edward. Edward, that is not going to happen!
[Robin nods]
Tell...Tell her...It's good to dream.
[Robin nods]
[Robin takes Edward's hand and Edward takes Robin's hand. Edward smiles and dies]
[Robin starts to cry, but on hearing Gisborne and guards, leaves]
Gisborne
Who's there?
[Gisborne notices Birkley and then Edward and kneels next to Edward]
Gisborne
[Softly] Edward. [Whispering] Marian.
By the way, Marian sends a message.
Guy of Gisborne
What message?
"I'm not coming back, get over it... and for God's sake, change your clothes once in a while."
[The Sheriff laughs]
Guy of Gisborne
Very funny.
Gisborne
Saddle my horse.
Oh, I don't really do saddling.
Gisborne
Do as you're told.
[Gisborne walks away]
Gisborne
Ripley Convent.
Yeah? Hang on doesn't she want to be on her own, grieving and that?
[Gisborne runs back to Allan and kicks him]
Gisborne
[livid] GET MY HORSE!!!
[The Fool is entertaining the Sheriff, Gisborne and others]
"Richard the Lionheart", they call him! Now, going into battle in a foreign land, it's not the heart of a lion you want, is it? Since when did a heart hurt anybody?! Come on, then! Come on! I’ve got the heart of a lion! You can imagine the Saracens translating that, can't you? "He's got the what of a lion?!" The teeth? The jaws? The claws? Nooooo! The heart! Richard the Lionclaw, "Jerusalem's yours, come in, sit down, help yourself!" Lionheart?!
[to Gisborne] He's good. Very good.
Forget about it! It's no wonder it’s taking so long over there, is it? [Laughter. The Sheriff laughs and Gisborne smiles] Mind you, mind you... It's better than his brother, isn't it? Prince John. [deadly silence] What's Prince John doing? Sitting at home? Heart of a dormouse?
[Two soldiers seize the Fool]
[angrily] Prince John is a friend of mine.
[freeing himself] It's a joke! It's what I do! I do other things. Let's try some soothsaying. [to a guard who has a hold of him] Sit down! [He makes the guard sit] Sit down! [The guard stands up again] I'll make some predictions, and then I'll make them come true. Someone in this room will bare their buttocks to the Sheriff tonight!
TAKE THAT MAN TO THE DUNGEONS NOW!!!
[As the soldiers seize him again and start dragging him away] Look, hang on! Prediction two: Sir Guy's joint will rise from the dead!
Gisborne
What's that supposed to mean?
Your woodcock, Sir Guy. I can bring it back to life.
Gisborne
Get rid of him!
[The guards start dragging him away]
You'll like my third prediction, it's about Prince John. One day, Prince John will be King of England!
But did you know that there's something in Nottingham that can stop him?
[The Fool puts his legs around the beam]
What is "Lardner's Ring"?
Well, let me go and I'll tell you.
[to the soldiers] Lock him in the cellar overnight. Flog him in the morning. And then he'll tell us! Now that really is funny!
[The Sheriff and others roar with laughter; Gisborne smiles]
You should listen to me, I know what I'm talking about!
[As he is being dragged away, The Fool's legs are still wrapped around the beam, causing his trousers to fall down]
Ah! The first prediction! I told you, and the others will follow. Beware the power of Lardner's Ring!
[The Fool smiles as he is dragged out of the room]
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