Ah, I found the answer to that one in Carpenter's biography - the play was Aristophanes'
The Peace, and Tolkien played Hermes. It must have been an interesting performance! -
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a Greek play with the choruses set to music-hall tunes
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth..
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