Tinùviel - Tolkien Estate - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Joy · 02-23-2002, 01:08 AM

Again, I don't know if this is the right place to post this or not.

I emailed my theater director about the possiblity of doing this play. This is part of what he wrote back to me.

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one of the problems with an adaptation of a well-known work is securing the permission to attempt it in the first place--that could be a problem re: copyright; the Tolkien estate, etc.
Many writers simply plunge in, do the writing, and hope that it will be so good that there will be no complaints. Chancy but possible.

How does one go about aquiring the permission to do something like this. Is it wrong just to do this as a fan-fiction? I do hope to take this further than that! What should I do? Does anyone have an idea or can point me in the write direction - pun intended?

Rosa Underhill · 02-23-2002, 03:07 PM

Hmmm... I'd say, write it just for fun if you've the mind to do so. Then, look up the Tolkien estate in a search engine or try to find some better contacts to them and ask their permission to publish. Then, maybe, you could submit the play to a publisher and get it out in real print. It would be a long process, fraught with peril, but it's all I know about these sorts of things. Good luck, though!

Tarlondeion Of Gondolin · 02-23-2002, 03:52 PM

Write to the publishers of the book they will tell u the Tolkien estsate address

Joy · 02-24-2002, 02:31 AM

Thank you. I think that I will just write it, just for the sake of writing it for now. I'll see where it goes later.

Belsirithil · 02-24-2002, 03:30 AM

Yes, just write until you get a piece elaborate enough to be reviewed by other people. Then you'll truly know whether you should go farther.

02-23-2002, 03:07 PM	#2
Rosa Underhill Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Waymeet, the Shire Posts: 297	Hmmm... I'd say, write it just for fun if you've the mind to do so. Then, look up the Tolkien estate in a search engine or try to find some better contacts to them and ask their permission to publish. Then, maybe, you could submit the play to a publisher and get it out in real print. It would be a long process, fraught with peril, but it's all I know about these sorts of things. Good luck, though! __________________ WWAHD? (What would a Hobbit do?)

02-24-2002, 02:31 AM	#4
Joy Spirit of a Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wandering Posts: 1,012	Thank you. I think that I will just write it, just for the sake of writing it for now. I'll see where it goes later. __________________ God bless, Joy KingdomWarrior@hotmail.com http://kingdomWarrior.jlym.com As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

02-24-2002, 03:30 AM	#5
Belsirithil Pile O'Bones Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cimmura, Elenia, Eosia Posts: 22	Yes, just write until you get a piece elaborate enough to be reviewed by other people. Then you'll truly know whether you should go farther. __________________ Elenia: http://www.angelfire.com/ego/elenia Live long and prosper, in the hearts of Child-Goddess Aphrael, Sephrenia, and me! ~-~Ehlana

02-23-2002, 03:52 PM	#3
Tarlondeion Of Gondolin Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Gondolin the fair Posts: 94	Write to the publishers of the book they will tell u the Tolkien estsate address