TCG Letter #810

Tolkien writes to an unknown recipient, offering opinions on an adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. He thinks nothing could satisfy an attentive reader, but the visuals and drama could still be moving.

Extracts from this letter were published in Carandaith Vol.2, No.1, the journal of the Australian Tolkien Society, in a letter from Joy Hill. ^{Letter from Joy Hill to Mike O'Brien • Late 1969 or January 1970 (#2027)[1]} A portion of this extract is reproduced in Chronology as well.