The Hobbit (Dramatised)
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J. R. R. Tolkien
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Tolkien's famous saga, the prelude to the Lord of the Rings, has all the ingredients of fantasy and adventure: dwarves, elves, goblins and trolls, a fearsome dragon, a great wizard, a perilous quest, and a dramatic climax. At the centre is the unsuspecting hero Bilbo Baggins, a home-loving unambitious Hobbit who is suddenly thrust into the biggest, indeed the only adventure of his life.
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- Written by: Richard O'Callaghan, J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Peter Woodthorpe, Robert Stephens, Michael Hordern, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 166
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 138
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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This is NOT a reading of the book.
- By Flippy on 2019-12-30
Written by: Richard O'Callaghan, and others
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Tales from the Perilous Realm
- Four BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- Written by: Brian Sibley - adaptation, J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: full cast, Michael Hordern, Brian Blessed, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2
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The Silmarillion
- Written by: J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
- Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story5 out of 5 stars 52
The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor. Included on the recording are several shorter works. The Ainulindalë is a myth of the Creation and in the Valaquenta the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. The Akallabêth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Númenor at the end of the Second Age, and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age.
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4 out of 5 stars
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- Revised and Expanded edition
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- Narrated by: Samuel West, Mike Grady, Chris Smith
- Length: 29 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
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Written by: J. R. R. Tolkien, and others
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- Written by: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Christopher Tolkien
- Length: 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story3 out of 5 stars 1
The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm’s Son was originally published in the 1953 edition of Essays and Studies. In December of that year, J.R.R. Tolkien took possession of a reel-to-reel tape recorder and, some time during the first few months of 1954, decided to record ‘the whole thing on tape’ as a way of ‘testing’ the performative quality of the dramatic dialogue between Tídwald and Torhthelm.
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4 out of 5 stars
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- By Severyn on 2023-11-27
Written by: J. R. R. Tolkien
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The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
- Written by: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story4 out of 5 stars 29
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil is a collection of poetry written by J. R. R. Tolkien and was first published in 1962. The audio is read by Sir Derek Jacobi and is a collection of 16 poems that contain an assortment of bestiary verse and fairy tale rhyme. It is a stunning recording that captures all the characters in their own charming and mysterious ways.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Ryan Cassar Hayes
- 2022-06-03
Brilliant
Slightly different interpretation than one might be used to, but the major thrusts are all there, much better than the hobbit movies.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 2022-08-16
Love it!
Used to listen to this as a kid and it still holds up to what I remember. Some of the music can be a little twangy but besides that the rest is five stars
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-06-15
it was pro like the pro's of the world in the pro
incredible it was so pro it was like what how is it so pro how was it so pro
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Ben J Redant
- 2017-10-27
Timeless Story, Dated Production
The story of the Hobbit is a timeless classic, but, as the title of the review states, the production of this audio dramatization leaves a bit to be desired. Some of the vocal characterizations, and almost all of the music, are very difficult to listen to for a modern ear. I was constantly having to adjust the audio to avoid discomfort at some of the nasal character voices and dreadful orchestrations of the inter-scene musical interludes. The BBC would later advance the art of radio drama by light years, notably their productions of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and later the Hobbit's successor, the Lord of the Rings, and there are glimpses of that later promise here. Just not enough to redeem the work as a whole.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- Mommabear77
- 2024-10-08
no description of who is speaking
too confusing as to what is happening. may as well have been poorly acted out, voices recorded and put on here.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- David H
- 2022-09-17
Waste of a download
The audio is terrible. A bunch of voices talking over eachother and sound quality from the 1930s.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- La Barata
- 2019-11-07
The Hobbit, as you’ve (gladly) never heard it before
The Hobbit, a classic kids’ novel and the first in JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings series of novels, rarely fails to entertain. This performance, however, leaves a LOT to be desired. The actors in question seem to have tangentially heard of English through a friend, and their pronunciations are absolutely awful. In this dramatization, we join ‘Gun Delf’ the wizard, ‘Tha-Reen’ the dwarf king and Bilbo Baggins (surprised they got THAT one right) in their quest. The music the dwarves play sounds like someone hammering on an old 80s Casio keyboard set to ‘Harp’, and I’m not sure anyone involved knows what the word ‘rhythm’ means. I simply couldn’t finish this, it was just too poorly put together. Only a few hours, but a few hours too many. Go for the version read by Rob Inglis; You’ll be happier for it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2022-05-31
the audio is bad. the actors are anoying.
wish i could refund this for the normal version. the audio is hard to flow and ad libbed.
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