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TCG Letter #2133
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
C.V. Salmon
Date
13 January 1938
Type
Unknown, Manuscript/Proof Document
Transcript
Unknown
Tolkien sends a revised script for the Beowulf broadcast. He mentions that one of his children has "suddenly developed a bad heart" and he has been dealing with doctors at the house.Christopher Tolkien had a bad heart and would spend much of the year in bed resting.[1]
Hammond and Scull note in Chronology, p. 226 that Tolkien "presumably" records his talk which is broadcast at 10.45pm as part of the Poetry Will Out: Studies in National Inspiration and Characteristic Forms series of talks given on the BBC. It is entitled Anglo-Saxon Verse.
Hammond and Scull note in Chronology, p. 226 that Tolkien "presumably" records his talk which is broadcast at 10.45pm as part of the Poetry Will Out: Studies in National Inspiration and Characteristic Forms series of talks given on the BBC. It is entitled Anglo-Saxon Verse.
1 Christopher Tolkien had a bad heart and would spend much of the year in bed resting. ↩
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