Hoard of the rings: ‘lost’ scripts for BBC Tolkien drama discovered

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Original manuscripts show how author rewrote scenes for 1950s adaptation of his Middle-earth epic Lord of the Rings

The Great Tales Never End: Essays in Memory of Christopher Tolkienwho died in 2020The book, to be published in June by Bodleian Library Publishing, is co-edited by Richard Ovenden, Oxford University’s Bodley’s librarian, and Catherine McIlwaine, Tolkien archivist at the Bodleian Libraries.

into the next six episodes and BBC bosses reduced each of them from 45 to 30 minutes – to the dismay of Tolkien. He argued: “Had the books been out longer and become more established, then perhaps the BBC senior managers would have agreed to each episode lasting 45 minutes and even running to three series.”

It bears Tolkien’s redrafting of a scene in which Frodo Baggins, the hobbit who received a magic ring of invisibility, his companion Sam and the warrior Aragorn refer to the evil wraiths – undead beings:Frodo: Didn’t you see them?Tolkien gave a description of the wraiths to the narrator, who linked the scenes: “At once the shapes became terribly clear. He could see under their black mantles.

 

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