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 Through his family connections, Carpenter was able to visit Tolkien in order to seek his permission. Indeed it is this visit and encounter that Carpenter described in his biography of Tolkien.<ref>{{HM|Bio}}, "A Visit"</ref> Tolkien gave his permission and went to see the musical performed along with his wife [[Edith Tolkien|Edith]].<ref name="HobbitRadio"/>
-Carpenter, who was playing doublebass in the orchestra and closely watching Tolkien, who was sitting nearthe front: '“he had a broad smile on his face whenever the narration anddialogue stuck to his own words, which was replaced by a frown themoment there was the slightest departure from the book”' <ref name=''The Sunday Times Magazine'', 25 November, 2001, “Our Brief Encounter,” by [[Humphrey Carpenter]]/>
+Carpenter, who was playing doublebass in the orchestra and closely watching Tolkien, who was sitting nearthe front: '“he had a broad smile on his face whenever the narration anddialogue stuck to his own words, which was replaced by a frown themoment there was the slightest departure from the book”' <ref name= “Our Brief Encounter”>''The Sunday Times Magazine'', 25 November, 2001, by [[Humphrey Carpenter]]/>
 It has been purported to be the first adaptation of ''[[The Hobbit]]'';<ref name="HobbitRadio"/> this is not true, however, if one considers [[Gene Deitch]]'s [[The Hobbit (1966 film)|film adaptation]] from [[1966]].