The radio series follows the plot of the original novel revised 1951 version very closely, except. Lord of the rings npr dramatization highbridge audio. The series was adapted by michael kilgarriff and produced by john powell in eight halfhour mono episodes for bbc radio 4 broadcast from september 29 to november 17 at 8. Npr dramatization of the lord of the rings, available from highbridge. Kettle moraine high school drama club presents the hobbit. Also top stories from business, politics, health, science, technology, music, arts and culture. The hobbit full cast radio drama podcast free listening on. I intend to give this version of the hobbit a fair. This series was adapted by michael kilgariff and produced by john powell in eight halfhour mono episodes for bbc radio 4. Tolkiens 1937 childrens fantasy novel of the same name the series was adapted by michael kilgarriff and produced by john powell in eight halfhour mono episodes for bbc radio 4 broadcast from september 29 to november 17 at 8. I first experienced this story on the radio in 1977, over npr. Tolkiens 1937 childrens fantasy novel of the same name. The series was originally broadcast on national public radio npr and.
I sort of thought i was being punkd when it started playing. The radio dramatisation of the hobbit became a classic when it was first broadcast. The hobbit 1979 misty mountains the song of the dwarves. It is sometimes confused with the later bbc production in 1981 who.
A bbc fullcast radio drama over all its well done however i have to say that i cant stand the music that is used. The hobbit the minds eye npr radio drama 1979 bogpojkin. The minds eye also produced a sixhour adaptation of the hobbit. It was produced by bob lewis and adapted for radio by bernard mayes. In my opintion the 19701980s when this was made didnt always have the best sounding music. The cast were local theater players, and the production used stock music and. However, i enjoy the voices though it is hard to tell them apart at times. I could forgive these sins due to when it was produced before. The radio dramatisation of the hobbit became a classic when it was first broadcast on bbc radio 4 in 1968 and. The original american dramatization as broadcast on national public radio.
The bbc edition is touted as an unabridged dramatization when in fact it comes in at three hours and 42 minutes long, which is roughly 33% of the unabridged text. New and forthcoming classics drama fantasy scifi general fiction mystery horror. It tells the classic tale of bilbo baggins journey through middle earth to a lost dwarf kingdom. Radio drama was a rarity in the united states at that time, and this. Tolkien was adapted for radio in the 1970s by minds eye theater in virginia. Nprs lord of the rings the original american dramatization as broadcast on national public radio. The lord of the rings and the hobbit audiobook set tolkien library. The hobbit is one of my most treasured books of my childhood, and the bbc radio dramatization is a solid treatment of the subject. Also the music is often hard to listen to, specifically over the misty mountains is positively earjarring.