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TCG Letter #981

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Donald Swann

Date

12 February 1968

Type

Typed Letter Signed

Transcript

Complete

Tolkien hopes to see Swann on the 14th, but cannot attend a performance of The Road Goes Ever On on the 15th.

Notes

Tolkien refers to the Giocondo arranging Crosby Hall for the premier of the The Road Goes Ever On. This was Tolkien's nickname for Joy Hill.

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Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Katharine Farrer • 15 June [?1948] (#2640)

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