Productions9 on Broadway
| 1872 | Wallacks Theatre Original. July 22, 1872 · predates this show | 22 performances |
| 1891 | Standard Theatre Revival. September 28, 1891 · Harry Dixon | 40 performances |
| 1900 | Knickerbocker Theatre Revival. April 30, 1900 | |
| 1902 | Academy Of Music Revival. September 8, 1902 | 32 performances |
| 1912 | New Amsterdam Theatre Revival. May 6, 1912 | 105 performances |
| 1918 | Park Theatre Revival. September 30, 1918 | |
| 1929 | Jolsons 59th Street Theatre Revival. November 18, 1929 · Milton Aborn | 31 performances |
| 1932 | Erlangers Theatre Revival. January 27, 1932 · Milton Aborn | 29 performances |
| 1944 | Adelphi Theatre Revival. November 7, 1944 | 15 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 1 of these predate the show itself and are almost certainly a different work of the same name. Shown, marked, not merged. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 5 albums held
Licensing not confirmed
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In the literature15 passages
Two operettas were popular here in 1912: Reginald De Koven's Robin Hood and the American premiere of Lehar's The Count of Luxembourg. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p26
Smith’s greatest musical successes—Robin Hood, The Spring Maid, Sweethearts, Watch Your Step, Countess Maritza, The Girl from Utah, and The Rich Mr. Hoggenheimer—were written in collaboration with such composers as Ludwig Englander, Reginald De Koven, Victor Herbert, John Philip Sousa, Robert Hood Bowers, Gus Edwards,… book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p521
22 September: Robin Hood, a spectacularly successful comic opera with libretto by Harry B. Smith and music by Reginald De Koven, opens at the Standard Theater. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p14
Among the most successful American works of the time were Reginald De Koven’s Robin Hood (1891) and Victor Herbert’s The Fortune Teller (1898). book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p297
Robin Hood had played in London the year before. book:showtime-a-history-of-the-broadway-musical-theatre-larry-stempel#p139
Robin Hood may not have been the first distinctly American light opera, but it initiated what de Koven's wife called \ book:showtime-a-history-of-the-broadway-musical-theatre-larry-stempel#p143
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