Tales from the Perilous Realm

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book is a 1962 collection of poetry by J.R.R. Tolkien. The book contains 16 poems, two of which feature Tom Bombadil, the rest of the poems are an assortment of bestiary verse and fairy tale rhyme. Three of the poems appear in The Lord of the Rings as well. The book is part of Tolkien's legendarium. The book, like the first edition of The Fellowship of the Ring, is presented as if it is an actual translation from the Red Book of Westmarch, and contains some background information on the world of Middle-earth that is not found elsewhere: e.g. the name of the tower at Dol Amroth and the names of the Seven Rivers of Gondor. There is some fictional background information about those poems, linking them to Hobbit folklore and literature and to their supposed writers, in some cases Sam Gamgee. The poems are all supposedly works that Hobbits enjoyed; all are in English. Several are attributed in a mock-scholarly preface to Hobbit authors or traditions. Three are also among the many poems in The Lord of the Rings. Cast & Characters: J.R.R. Tolkien - Michael Hordern Tom - Ian Hogg Frodo - Nigel Planer Merry - Matthew Morgan Pippin - David Learner Sam - Jonathan Adams Goldberry - Sorcha Cusack Old Man Willow - John Church

Smith of Wootton Major is a short story written by J.R.R. Tolkien, first published in 1949. The book began as an attempt to explain the meaning of Faery by means of a story about a cook and his cake, and Tolkien originally thought to call it The Great Cake. It was intended to be part of a preface by Tolkien to George MacDonald's famous fairy story The Golden Key. Tolkien's story grew to become a tale in its own right. Smith of Wootton Major is not connected to the Middle-earth, except by the thematic "Faery" motif of the traveler who journeys to a land that lies beyond the normal world and is usually beyond the reach of mortals. (Smith can thus be likened to Beren in the realm of Thingol, or Eärendil journeying to Valinor, or Ælfwine's visit to Tol Eressëa.) Cast & Characters: J.R.R. Tolkien - Michael Hordern Smith - Paul Copley Nokes - James Grout The Fäerie King - John McGlynn Additional voices: Jonathan Adams Judy Bennett Chris Cook Rachael Crocker Nicholas Murchie Jill Shilling Jenny Smythe Melinda Walker Ann Windsor The Adventures of Tom Bombadil: https://rumble.com/v4nxr32-tales-from-the-perilous-realm-the-adventures-of-tom-bombadil-radio-drama.html

Leaf by Niggle is a short story written by J.R.R. Tolkien in 1938-39, first published in The Dublin Review in 1945. It is included in the book Tree and Leaf (1964), and in other compilations, such as The Tolkien Reader (1966), Poems and Stories (1980), and Tales from the Perilous Realm (1997). Cast & Characters: J.R.R. Tolkien - Michael Hordern Niggle: Alfred Molina Parish: John Fleming Additional voices : Jonathan Adams Matthew Morgan David Holt Melanie Hudson Melinda Walker Joanna Wake Smith of Wootton Major: https://rumble.com/v4nxnoe-tales-from-the-perilous-realm-smith-of-wootton-major-radio-drama-1992.html

A 1992 BBC Radio 5 series of Tolkien’s three novellas; Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by Niggle, Smith of Wootton Major, and one book of poems The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. Adapted by Brian Sibley, produced by John Taylor. Tales from the Perilous Realm is a compilation, first published in 1997, of several stories and poems by J.R.R. Tolkien, which had been previously published separately. Its only major relation to Middle-earth is The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, which features the character Tom Bombadil. The first edition of the book (1997) includes: Farmer Giles of Ham The Adventures of Tom Bombadil Leaf by Niggle Smith of Wootton Major More info.: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Tales_from_the_Perilous_Realm Farmer Giles of Ham is a short story written by J.R.R. Tolkien in 1947, first published in 1949. The story describes the encounters between Farmer Giles and a wily dragon named Chrysophylax, and how Giles manages to use these to rise from humble beginnings to rival the king of the land. It is cheerfully anachronistic and light-hearted, set in Britain in an imaginary period of the "Dark Ages", and featuring mythical creatures, medieval knights, and primitive firearms. It is only tangentially connected with Middle-earth. Cast & Characters: J.R.R. Tolkien - Michael Hordern Farmer Giles - Brian Blessed Garm - Jonathan Tefler The Giant - Brian Sibley Chrysophylax - Stephen Thorne Additional voices : Jonathan Adams Matthew Morgan Nicholas Murchie Joanna Wake John Webb Leaf by Niggle: https://rumble.com/v4nxnfl-tales-from-the-perilous-realm-leaf-by-niggle-radio-drama-1992.html