Mystical Angels

Which mystical creature did Richard Green portray?

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1. Well, Robin Hood is probably what you're thinking of. But of course Robin was not a myth at all.
2. Robin Hood, on the old ATV television network
3. Robin Hood
4. Richard Green - the original 'small screen' Robin. He did not have the famous line of 'Flynn' :"To the Greenwood men and stuff yourselves". However, Green's leading lady once pleaded: "Quickly Robin- tie me up and bind me". Oh the innocence of the 50's
5. The mythical character (have you been at the spell checker?) - was our Saturday night hero Robin Hood. We all sang along; Robin Hood, Robin Hood riding through the glen Robin Hood Robin Hood with his band of men Feared by the rich Loved by the poor La la lah, la la lah, lah! He lived in Sherwood forest and his enemy was the Sheriff of Nottingham (doing bad things while the king was abroad in the crusades)
6. Only the most thought provoking 'Robin Hood' ever and the only one whose stories and characterisations were not dumbed down to the level of fairytale. In this television series, the scripts were written by an American author who'd had to flee his homeland in order to find work (he had been blacklisted and prevented from writing in America by McArthy's thugs in one of the most shameful episodes in American history). Even 'safe' in Britain, he'd had to write the scripts under the guise of a friend's name - another writer. A catchy song introduced each episode and included the words: 'Feared by the bad - loved by the good'. The 'good' in the stories were the poor tenant farmers of feudal England, who had to pay ever higher rents and taxes to support their barons' luxurious lifestyles without recieving any benefit in return. They admired Robin because he robbed only from the rich and gave to the poor, making this version of Robin Hood the only one ever made, to demonstrate a meaningful moral viewpoint. Like the film 'High Noon' - also inspired by the struggle against McArthy's thuggery and one of the best westerns ever made - this tv series depicted a courageous individual pitting himself against the overwhelming power of the corrupt and winning through despite the odds. Today it is impossible to write a television script that deals with such interesting questions of morality since it's unlikely that any independently-minded person would be promoted to be a television producer. By controlling the structure of broadcasting from the top, the establishment maintains complete control over everything we watch on television (when was the last time that any television programme made you really think?). I'm afraid it would seem that McArthy is alive and well in all of our corrupt establishments.