So here we close our trip to Nottingham with Robin Hood, but not the Errol Flynn version. rather the small screen version that ran from 1955 - 1960 and starred Richard Marius Joseph Greene.
He had started in the theatre aged just fifteen playing Julius Caesar. he then moved to Hollywood where he became very popular. I am not sure why he decided to return to England and play Robin Hood - the mments ost quoted is that he needed the work, but I am not sure that is true. Another reason is stated to be that he was bored with the parts he was being offered. Robin Hood was immensely successful, possibly because it was easy for the young viewers to play act, so much so that many books and other memorabilia were produced, even clothing to make your enactments more lifelike and thrilling. It seems like he had a cut of the profuts too, and if so that was very foresighted of him, for few stars of the time realised how much money these extra products could bring in.
This set appears in our British Trade Index part II (RB.27, published in 1969) but the description is merely "ROBIN HOOD. Sm. Nd. (30) Album issued". While that is repeated in our more modern, updated version of that work, it also adds the date, and the size (of 65 x 35 m/m) after the title, and removes the abbreviation "Sm."
However once I have a bit of spare time I will see if I can track this down in the New Issues department...