Showing posts with label Promotional. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Promotional. Show all posts

Thursday 29 September 2022

Tolkien Musing - Lord of the Rings Video Game Hologram

To promote the Lord of the Rings Video Game by Melbourne House, some holograms were made and were availed to people in a few different ways. The holograms were created and made by a company called Holographix.

They were shown at the P.C.W. Show in 1985.

It features a face of a Ring-Wraith.

The details on the games order form states that there were 2 sizes of Hologram available. A smaller 5”x4” version and a larger 10”x8” limited edition (limited to 100 copies).

There were also various competitions in the Computer Games magazines of the time to promote the game where the Hologram was a prize, see below.

The following websites how some details of the Hologram, mainly a few images:


    

Offer
Details in the Lord of the Rings Game manual
        

Documentation
Came with Hologram
    

Article
About how the Hologram was made.

Crash - No 21 October 1985
             

Competitions
With the Hologram as a prize

Your Computer - No 2 February 1986
Lord of the Rings competition
       

ZZAP - March 1986
Lord of the Rings game competition
       

Crash - No 30 July 1986
Hobbit game re-release competition
       

Amtix - No 5 March 1986
Lord of the Rings game competition
       

Sunday 18 April 2021

Tolkien Theatre

This page look at items from Theatre productions of Tolkien works.

A lot of these plays were performed at a lot of different theatres so there are quite a few variations on the posters, flyers and programmes.

There are also a lot of other amateur productions which are not covered here.

This does not include Radio Dramatisations see Audio page.

Lord of the Rings Musical
See separate Theme page.

I Palantir (Fanzine)
Issue 4
August 1966
Musical Comedy
“Hello Frodo. What ever happened to Saurons Ring?”
    

    

New College School Hobbit Play
1967
This was attended by Tolkien himself



Pamphlet
    

The Hobbit Dramatisation
By Patricia Gray
1968
Dramatic Publishing Company
Script

Auburn University
Programme
    

    

The Hobbit Musical
By Ruth Perry
1972
Dramatic Publishing Company

Script
    

The Hobbit Play
Adapted by Brainerd Duffield
Published by Performance Publishing Co
1974

Hobbit Play
By Wendy Weldon and Jonathan Cotterall

Bath University
1984
    

Hobbit Play
By Graham Watkins and Rony Robinson
1989

Swansea Grand Theatre
Programme
        

Preston Charter Theatre
Programme
    

Southampton Mayflower Theatre
Programme

Phoenix Theatre Co
Poster
    


Fortune Theatre
Programme
1986
    

Poster
12.5x20”
    
Flyer

Alex Theatre Birmingham
    

Nottingham Playhouse
Programme
    

Nottingham Playhouse
Programme
        

Hammersmith Theatre
Programme
    
Flyer

Promenade Theatre Lancaster
1994

Flyer



Hobbit Play
By Markland Taylor
1992
    

Hobbit Play
By Glyn Robbins
2001
There were a few different runs of the play across various theatres so there are a lot of different variations of the posters, programmes and flyers featuring the different theatres.

Poster
    

Souvenir Programme
              

Alternative Souvenir Programme
    

Flyer variations
        

Alternative Flyer

Computer CD
    

Promo T-Shirt
    

Promo T-Shirt 2
    

Badge
2.25”
London Queens Theatre 2000
Mottling is part of the design
    

Hobbit Play Puppet Play
Australia

Programme
    

Poster
    

Charles Ross One Man Show
Postcard
    

Other Hobbit Play Flyers
There are a huge number of different smaller plays/productions based on the Hobbit, mostly by small, even amateur companies. There are only really flyers available for these.
Examples only given
    


Jazz Concert
The Hobbit Suite
Michael Garrick Sextet
1974
Programme
    

         

    

Fellowship Musical Parody
2005
Lyceum Theatre
Flyer