TCG Letter #576 / Carpenter Letter #201

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Rayner Unwin

Date

7 September 1957

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien expresses dissatisfaction with the current script for the proposed film version of The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien describes the ending as "badly muffed".

This letter is held at the 'Tolkien–George Allen & Unwin archive, HarperCollins'.

Tags

Adaptation

Archive holdings

Forrest J. Ackerman

Middle-earth

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings movie

Tolkien-George Allen & Unwin archive, HarperCollins

Zimmerman

Related Letters

Carpenter #200a: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Rayner Unwin • 4 September 1957 (#1460)

Carpenter #202: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Christopher and Faith Tolkien • 11 September 1957 (#577)

Carpenter #207: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Rayner Unwin • 8 April 1958 (#581)

Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Forrest J. Ackerman • ?11 April–c. 21 April and c. 28 April–5 May 1958 (#915)

Carpenter #210: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Forrest J. Ackerman • 9 June 1958 (#584)

Carpenter #204a: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Rayner Unwin • 13 December 1957 (#1461)

References

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), p. 376

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 260-1

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 539

Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 386

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Reader's Guide Part 1 (2017), p. 19 (see various entries under 'Adaptations')

J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Di1, p. 350

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