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The Lord of the Rings – stage version
At Playbill.com you can now view the second part of an exclusive behind the scenes video about the making of the stage version of The Lord of the Rings.
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On-line Tolkien course
Cardiff University’s Centre for Lifelong Learning is delivering a new on-line course entitled The Foundations of Middle-Earth: Myth, Language and Ideology in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Literature. The course tutor is Dimitra Fimi and there are further details about the course here.
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Designing the Rings
In this interview at The Star Rob Howell, designer for the stage version of Lord of the Rings, talks about his work on the project. The central shape of the set is a circle, made up of “three interconnected turntables, with 17 lifts inside them, the entire structure weighing 40 tonnes”.
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Interview with Dominic Monaghan
In this interview at The State Dominic talks about his role in the recent DVD Ringers and how his involvement in the project was his way of saying thank you to fans. Dominic also reveals that he would, “love to work on a “Rings” prequel based on Tolkien’s The Hobbit”.
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The Lord of the Rings – stage version
At Playbill.com you can view the first part of an exclusive behind the scenes video about the making of the stage version of The Lord of the Rings.
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Rings for your phone
The Lord of the Rings: Legends, a mobile telephone game, is now available in Europe. The game is based on the movie trilogy and you can chose to play as Aragorn, Frodo, Legolas or Eowyn. There’s further information at Business Wire.
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The Lord of the Rings – stage version
At Playbill.com you can view the television commercial for the stage version of the Lord of the Rings. After Thanksgiving this site will be showing an exclusive behind the scenes video of the show. At the official website, in the Behind the Scenes section of the site, you can read the first part of A…
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Ted Nasmith exhibition
On 10th and 11th December, The White Hart Hotel, Moreton in Marsh, UK, will be holding an exhibition and sale of original artwork by Ted Nasmith. The exhibition will also feature artwork by Ruth Lacon (illustrator of The Tale of Gondolin and The Ruins of Osgiliath) and a selection of Tolkien antiquarian books. There’s further…
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Lord of the Brush
Lord of the Brush, a film about artist John Howe will be shown tomorrow, 20th November on Bravo Canada at 8pm EST. The French language premiere of the film is on 27th December on TFO at 8pm EST. There’s further information about the film here.
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The Lord of the Rings – stage version
Yesterday, at the World Travel Market in London, an audience of travel agents and tour operators, were given a mini preview of three songs from the forthcoming stage version of LotR. Rosalie Craig sang Arwen’s, The Song of the Traveller. Finnish folk group Varttina sang The Cat and the Moon and The Fellowship Song. You…
