Tolkien goes Shakespeare - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Kalimac · 03-09-2003, 01:39 AM

I can't make the link work, but on the Tolkien Sarcasm Page (easy to find in Google), there's a page that has an extract from Shakespeare's lost play "The Tragedie of Frodo Baggins" - which is quite excellent [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img].

For my part, here's a conflicted monologue from the chief villain of "MacBaggins"

Come, seeling wraiths
Conceal my bloodshot Eye from pitiful day
And with thy bloody and invisible hand
Seize and bring me the Ring
Whose lack now keeps me pale.
Night thickens, and the Beast
Makes wing over grim Mirkwood.
Weak halflings of day begin to droop and drowse
While my black agents to their prey do rouse.
Thou marvelest at my words, but hold thee still
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
So prithee, turn thy Palantir on to me.

03-09-2003, 01:39 AM	#8
Kalimac Candle of the Marshes Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 780	I can't make the link work, but on the Tolkien Sarcasm Page (easy to find in Google), there's a page that has an extract from Shakespeare's lost play "The Tragedie of Frodo Baggins" - which is quite excellent [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]. For my part, here's a conflicted monologue from the chief villain of "MacBaggins" Come, seeling wraiths Conceal my bloodshot Eye from pitiful day And with thy bloody and invisible hand Seize and bring me the Ring Whose lack now keeps me pale. Night thickens, and the Beast Makes wing over grim Mirkwood. Weak halflings of day begin to droop and drowse While my black agents to their prey do rouse. Thou marvelest at my words, but hold thee still Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill. So prithee, turn thy Palantir on to me. __________________ Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.