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Through his family connections, Carpenter was able to visit Tolkien in order to seek his permission. Indeed it is this visit and encounter that Carpenter described in his biography of Tolkien.<ref>{{HM|Bio}}, "A Visit"</ref> Tolkien gave his permission and went to see the musical performed along with his wife [[Edith Tolkien|Edith]].<ref name="HobbitRadio"/>
Through his family connections, Carpenter was able to visit Tolkien in order to seek his permission. Indeed it is this visit and encounter that Carpenter described in his biography of Tolkien.<ref>{{HM|Bio}}, "A Visit"</ref> Tolkien gave his permission and went to see the musical performed along with his wife [[Edith Tolkien|Edith]].<ref name="HobbitRadio"/>


Carpenter, who was playing doublebass in the orchestra and closely watching Tolkien, who was sitting nearthe front: ''he had a broad smile on his face whenever the narration anddialogue stuck to his own words, which was replaced by a frown themoment there was the slightest departure from the book'' <ref name=> “Our Brief Encounter”, The Sunday Times Magazine, 25 November, 2001, by [[Humphrey Carpenter]]</ref>
Carpenter, who was playing doublebass in the orchestra and closely watching Tolkien, who was sitting nearthe front: ''"he had a broad smile on his face whenever the narration anddialogue stuck to his own words, which was replaced by a frown themoment there was the slightest departure from the book"'' <ref name=> “Our Brief Encounter”, The Sunday Times Magazine, 25 November, 2001, by [[Humphrey Carpenter]]</ref>


It has been purported to be the first adaptation of ''[[The Hobbit]]'';<ref name="HobbitRadio"/> this is not true, however, if one considers [[Gene Deitch]]'s [[The Hobbit (1966 film)|film adaptation]] from [[1966]].
It has been purported to be the first adaptation of ''[[The Hobbit]]'';<ref name="HobbitRadio"/> this is not true, however, if one considers [[Gene Deitch]]'s [[The Hobbit (1966 film)|film adaptation]] from [[1966]].

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The programme from The Hobbit production

The Hobbit was a New College School (Oxford) musical adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.[1] It was written by Humphrey Carpenter and Paul Drayton.

Through his family connections, Carpenter was able to visit Tolkien in order to seek his permission. Indeed it is this visit and encounter that Carpenter described in his biography of Tolkien.[2] Tolkien gave his permission and went to see the musical performed along with his wife Edith.[1]

Carpenter, who was playing doublebass in the orchestra and closely watching Tolkien, who was sitting nearthe front: "he had a broad smile on his face whenever the narration anddialogue stuck to his own words, which was replaced by a frown themoment there was the slightest departure from the book" [3]

It has been purported to be the first adaptation of The Hobbit;[1] this is not true, however, if one considers Gene Deitch's film adaptation from 1966.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Hobbit, the Musical, radio programme (London: BBC, 2012)
  2. Humphrey Carpenter, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, "A Visit"
  3. “Our Brief Encounter”, The Sunday Times Magazine, 25 November, 2001, by Humphrey Carpenter