Letter 200a

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
Letter 200a
Recipient	Rayner Unwin
Date	4 September 1957
Subject(s)	Visit from Forrest J. Ackerman, Morton Grady Zimmerman adaptation of Lord of the Rings

Letter 200a is a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien and published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded edition.

Summary

Tolkien had been visited by the literary agent Forrest J. Ackerman on behalf of Al Brodax and Morton Grady Zimmerman. They were interested in filming an adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien had reviewed drawings produced by cartoonist Ron Cobb and found them admirable. He had not reviewed the Story Line but after a first glance felt that would be a better adaption than the BBC radio adaptation.