The Hobbit (1967 stage adaptation)
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”' Cite error: Invalid <ref>
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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
- Letter to Humphrey Carpenter
- Letter to Ken Jackson (4 January 1968) (letter)
- Letter to Ken Jackson (29 January 1968) (letter)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Hobbit, the Musical, radio programme (London: BBC, 2012)
- ↑ Humphrey Carpenter, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, "A Visit"