This is beyond pointless.
The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien's dark tale of Middle Earth, is to be brought to the West End in the most expensive stage musical ever seen in London.Posted by Alan at May 28, 2003 08:31 PMThe epic story of Frodo's journey to Mordor will open in 2005 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the publication of Tolkien's trilogy.
Kevin Wallace, whose idea it was to bring the masterpiece to the stage, said yesterday that the audience would "smile with pleasure" at the ways in which the show will recreate some of the more challenging aspects of the books, from the complex battle scenes to the dark Lord Sauron.
"It will have the epic scale of something like The Lion King as well as the intellectual rigour of a piece of classical theatre."
Wallace, who has produced several Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals, approached the Oscar-winning producer Saul Zaentz, who owns the film and stage rights to the fantasy, a year ago.