Dramatising Fantasy

Adapting books for stage and screen

Programme

The 2002 Tolkien Society seminar took place on Saturday, 6 July in the library of Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, Whitby Museum, Pannett Park, Whitby, North Yorkshire.

The following papers were presented:

Dr Devin Brown

Additions, Deletions, Expansions and Contractions: What is lost and what is gained in the BBC adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.
Dr Saviour Catania

Absent Presences in Liminal Places: Muranau's Nosferatu and the Otherworld of Stoker's Dracula.
Christine Davidson and Alex Davidson

The Essence of Events: Peter Jackson's Adaptation of The Fellowship of the Ring.
John Ellison

Fantasy and the lyric stage
Jason Finch

The Confessions of an Ivanhoe extra: Insights from the TV production of Ivanhoe.
Madawc Williams

The Word, the Voice and the Light: Representations of Tolkien's World.

More information about the contributors can be found here

A very nice buffet lunch was provided by the local caterers "Platters". On Friday and Saturday evenings Innmoots were held at the Dolphin on Bridge Street.

There was an optional guided tour of Whitby Abbey on the Sunday, given by "Buzz" Busby of English Heritage, which included a visit to the new Abbey museum which opened in Easter 2002.

For a map showing the location of the venue follow this link. (New window)

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