Timeline: King John in the Popular Imagination
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| 1927 - Prince John is the subject of A.A. Milne's poem for children King John's Christmas |
- 1166-1216 - the lifespan of the real John Plantagenet (King of England from 1199-1216)
- 1521 - John Major sets the story of Robin Hood in the 1190s for the first known time, bringing Richard the Lionhearted and King John into the picture
- "Finally, in 1521, John Major sets Robin Hood in the 1190's, the time of Richard the Lionhearted and King John. Later plays and novels picked up on this dating. Now, it's hard for us to see Robin Hood as having lived in any other time." -Allen W. Wright.
- c. 1590 ? - Shakespeare writes The Life and Death of King John
- 1820 - Prince John is a character in Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe
- 1922 - Prince John is played by Sam De Grasse in the silent film Robin Hood
- 1935 - Prince John is played by Ramsay Hill in Cecil B. DeMille's The Crusades
- 1943 - Philip Lindsay writes The Devil and King John
- 1966 - James Goldman writes The Lion in Winter (James Goldman also wrote a novel about John's rule titled Myself as Witness, published 1979)
- 1968 - Prince John is played by Nigel Terry in the film adaptation of James Goldman's The Lion in Winter, starring Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn
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1973 - Prince John voiced by Peter Ustinov in the animated Disney favorite Robin Hood |
- 1985 - King John features prominently in Sharon Penman's Here be Dragons and other novels
- 1991 - Prince John is played by Edward Fox in John Irvin's Robin Hood starring Patrick Bergin and Uma Thurman
1994 - Prince John played by Richard Lewis
in Mel Brooks'
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
- 1997 - Prince John is played by Ralph Brown in the British TV series Ivanhoe
- 1997-99 - Prince John is played by Andrew Bicknell in the American TV series The New Adventures of Robin Hood
- 2001 - Prince John is played by Jonathan Hyde in the American TV film Princess of Thieves (which depicts Prince John trying to seize the throne from the rightful heir, Prince Philip, an illegitimate son of King Richard)
- 2003 - Prince John is played by Rafe Spall in Andrey Konchalovskiy's remake of The Lion in Winter starring Patrick Stewart and Glenn Close
- 2009 - Prince John is played by Toby Stephens in the 2009 season of the BBC's Robin Hood series
- 2010 - Prince John is played by Oscar Isaac in Ridley Scott's Robin Hood starring Russell Crowe
- 2011 - Prince John is played by Paul Giamatti in Jonathan English's Ironclad
- Summer 2012 - Prince John is played by John Harrell in the American Shakespeare Center's production of James Goldman's The Lion in Winter
- Fall 2012 - King John is played by John Harrell in the American Shakespeare Center's production of Shakespeare's King John
- Compiled by ASC Intern Kendra Emmett, Summer 2012
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