The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV Series) Queen Eleanor (1955) User Reviews

Jill Esmond as Queen Eleanor is highlight of this episode

[Paularoc · 8/10 · 22 February 2013]

The Queen Mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, is in Nottinghamshire raising money for King Richard's crusade against the Saracens. The ever conniving Sheriff of Nottingham makes a significant donation but intends to waylay the Queen and steal all the money she has collected throughout England. The Sheriff plans a subterfuge that will lay the blame on Robin for the theft. Marian and Eleanor are friends and she persuades Eleanor that Robin can be trusted. There is humor and trickery in this episode and Jill Esmond as Eleanor is appropriately regal. At the end Eleanor tells Marian that if she were young enough she could take quite a liking to Robin. She asks Marian "How old are you?" Marian replies "Young enough." An entertaining episode but then all the Adventures are. I had gone years without hearing about Eleanor of Aquitaine. Just two days ago, I finished reading a Louise Penny book wherein Eleanor of Aquitaine was prominently referred to. Now that is a historical person with staying power.

Queen Eleanor

[Prismark10 · 5/10 · 15 August 2020]

Jill Esmond was the first Mrs Laurence Olivier. She puts on a regal performance as Queen Eleanor, the mother of King Richard the Lionheart.

Queen Eleanor is raising funds for the crusades and the Sheriff of Nottingham makes a generous donation. However he plans to steal all the funds and blame Robin Hood for it.

Eleanor knows Maid Marian, through her she meets Robin Hood and is charmed by him. Robin ensures her safety but Friar Tuck later informs Robin that there are some strange men about dressed in Lincoln Green. The are the Sheriff's men.

It is a hoary tale with a traitor in Eleanor's midst. Esmond plays her part with a twinkle in her eye.