From deirdre@deirdre.net Fri Jul 11 07:06:48 2003 Return-path: Envelope-to: rick@linuxmafia.com Delivery-date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 07:06:48 -0700 Received: from emperor ([198.144.195.190] helo=emperor.deirdre.org ident=root) by linuxmafia.com with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 19ayXv-00046S-00 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2003 07:06:47 -0700 Received: from 10.0.1.3 (airport.deirdre.org [198.144.195.188]) by emperor.deirdre.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Debian-7) with SMTP id h6BE67ZJ004890 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2003 07:06:07 -0700 Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 11:10:46 +0000 (UTC) From: Danny Sichel (by way of deirdre@deirdre.net (Deirdre Saoirse Moen)) To: rick@linuxmafia.com Subject: [rec.arts.sf.written] Re: LOTR as a Musicalan £8 million Organization: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Path: spln!lex!extra.newsguy.com!lotsanews.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.tufts.edu!elk.ncren.net!news.unc.edu!tribal.metalab.unc.edu!not-for-mail Message-ID: Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet Followup-To: alt.humor.best-of-usenet.d Sender: hkress@tribal.metalab.unc.edu Approved: ahbou-mod@duke.edu X-Disclaimer: The "Approved" header verifies header information for article transmission and does not imply approval of content. See .sig below. X-Submissions-To: ahbou-sub@duke.edu X-Posting-Moderator: hkress@ibiblio.org X-FAQ-Is-At: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/best-of-usenet-humor X-FAQ-via-WWW: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/best-of-usenet-humor/ X-For-FAQ-Mailto: ahboufaq@eey.org NNTP-Posting-Host: 152.2.210.122 X-Trace: news.unc.edu 1056971445 152.2.210.122 (30 Jun 2003 07:10:45 -0400) Xref: emperor.deirdre.org alt.humor.best-of-usenet:1162 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.8 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_96_XX,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, SEMIFORGED_HOTMAIL_RCVD version=2.55 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) Status: RO Content-Length: 1326 Lines: 46 Subject: Re: LOTR as a Musicalan £8 million From: "Clive Summerfield" Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written If you're evil and you don't know Where to go, why don't you go Where Sauron sings Putting on the Rings Evil king in pitch black cloak, Rides black beast with loathsome croak Mordor brings Putting on the Rings Dressed up like a old king from Numenor Trying hard to look a bit like Gorthaur Hordes roar Let's match words where Haradrim Carry swords, and bow to him Who hates all things Putting on the Rings Hmmm, that should upset both Tolkien and Irving Berlin. Cheers Clive "Brenda W. Clough" wrote in message news:3ED56EA1.2010903@erols.com... > A musical version of "The Lord Of The Rings" is to open in London early 2005. > > http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/showbiz/articles/5018827?source=Evening%20Standard > > As my husband says, this could be very very good -- or it could be very very bad indeed. > > Of course I thought that LES MISERABLES would be impossible to stage, so > what do I know? -- Moderators accept or reject articles based solely on the criteria posted in the Frequently Asked Questions. Article content is the responsibility of the submitter. Submit articles to ahbou-sub@duke.edu. To write to the moderators, send mail to ahbou-mod@duke.edu.