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Sherwood

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Sher·wood  (shûrwd), Robert Emmet 1896-1955.
American playwright whose works include Idiot's Delight (1936), Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1938), and There Shall Be No Night (1940), each of which won a Pulitzer Prize.
Sherwood [ˈʃɜːˌwʊd]
n
(Biographies / Sherwood, Robert Emmet (1896-1955) M, US, THEATRE: dramatist) Robert Emmet. 1896-1955, US dramatist. His plays include The Petrified Forest (1935), Idiot's Delight (1936), and There shall be no Night (1940)
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Noun1.SherwoodSherwood - United States playwright (1896-1955)
Robert Emmet Sherwood


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IN MERRY ENGLAND in the time of old, when good King Henry the Second ruled the land, there lived within the green glades of Sherwood Forest, near Nottingham Town, a famous outlaw whose name was Robin Hood.
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One of the greatest of royal preserves was Sherwood and Barnesdale forests near the two towns of Nottingham and Barnesdale.
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