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Mary Rose - - a play that moved Tolkien

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Mary Rose - - a play that moved Tolkien

Postby Dale Nelson » March 1st, 2007, 9:21 pm

Some readers might like to know that Mary Rose, a seldom-performed play by J. M. Barrie (Peter Pan), has been revived.

http://www.theatermania.com/content/new ... tory/10116

Tolkien saw the play and also read it, and was moved and disturbed by it; you can read about that in Verlyn Flieger's A Question of Time.
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Postby A#minor » March 2nd, 2007, 2:10 am

Thanks for posting that! Looks interesting. I wonder why Tolkien was disturbed by it though.
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Postby Dale Nelson » March 2nd, 2007, 2:31 am

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Postby A#minor » March 2nd, 2007, 12:32 pm

Ah, thank you for the further explanation. I can see how Tolkien would be interested and somewhat peeved maybe, especially since his elves are so unlike the typical little butterfly-sized fairies.
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Postby nomad » March 15th, 2007, 12:56 am

ooh, intriguing. I love J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan - which is so much deeper, naturally, than the Disney version. So I'm thrilled to hear one of his other plays is getting some attention. It sounds good. And also nice to discover that there is a connection between Barrie and Tolkien. Though maybe not surprising.
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Postby A#minor » March 15th, 2007, 1:19 am

Barrie wrote some weird stuff. I bought a couple of old editions of Sentimental Tommy and Little White Bird last year. I couldn't even read through them, they were so disjointed and full of obscure allusions to who-knows-what.
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Postby postodave » March 16th, 2007, 2:40 pm

So I drew my sword and got ready
But the lamb ran away with the crown
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